Have you come across this experience where we think we are safely away from sin, and then all of a sudden fall into it?. This has been a big problem for many christians. If we do not commit a particular sin for sometime, we take things so easily and become over confident. We start to become so complacent that we dont spend time with God.
A pride creeps inside us and we think that we are more holy than others, because we did not commit that particular sin for sometime now. It is during these situations that satan topples us. Since we are not rooted strongly in God, and since we are not dependent on God, we fall even to a small temptation. Our vulnerability to temptation becomes so strong when we overlook the time that we need to spend with God.
Let me drive this point very clearly. We can never keep ourselves holy and pure in this corrupted world by our own strength. We need the grace and protection of God every moment in our life. It is the blood of Jesus that grants us victory over sin. We need to work out our salvation each day. Phillipians 2:12 says "continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling".It is not an easy walk,we need to fight a battle against satan every day. We will be easily defeated if we dont have Jesus on our side.
Never take salvation for granted. We need to work on it every day. We need to pray and meditate on the word of God daily. We need to daily ask God to help us to overcome temptations. We need to run away from places where we are tempted. Joseph overcame temptation by running away from Potiphar's wife.
This is the key to overcome sin. Ask God for strength every day, and flee from places where there is temptation. We can surely be overcomers with the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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