A Way To Escape.

"There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it." (1Co 10:13) 



"With the temptation".
What is Temptation? "Temptation is the desire to perform an action that one may enjoy immediately or in the short term but will probably later regret for various reasons: legal, social, psychological (including feeling guilt), health-related, economic, etc. In the context of religion, temptation is the inclination to sin. Temptation also describes the coaxing or inducing a person into committing such an act, by manipulation or otherwise of curiosity, desire or fear of loss." [Wikipedia].

Wherever there is temptation, there is the Tempter. (Please read about the parable of the man who sowed good seed in his field. Mat 13:24-30). Temptation is the seed sowed on our fields by the Tempter or enemy while we slept. There are so many tempting things in the Church today, which crept in while we slept. Now, it's very difficult to cut down these tempters without destroying the good seed. The Church just have to wait till both seeds mature into the good(wheat) and bad(tares) plants. "Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn."

Walking on the storm...
So, what the LORD is saying is for us to look into the situation and temptations to find a way of living/coping with it without it touching us.  We are to ride the storms of life, and not flee. When the storm is coming, what we are expected to do is to enter into the Ark of the LORD, and float over the raging storms. The Islamists, Hamas, ISIS, etc to name a few, are raging storms we must build an ark for to ride over them. "When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him." (Isa 59:19) Are you already in the LORD's Ark of covenant? 

Renew our minds...
"I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God." (Rom 12:1-2).

To avoid conflicts (internal and external), renew your mind by the Word of God which will transform you. The Word of God is Spirit and Life(John 6:63). The Word of God contains the Spirit of God that quickens everything. As we speak by the Word of God, the Spirit quickens. God remains faithful and true to His Word. If you don't pay attention to the Word of God, your mind will be flooded by the enemy. 

So, what price tag have you put on the value of the Word of God? Little to nothing or it's inestimable?