Lead Us Not Into Temptation

I took a bite on my apple. Royal gala. One of my favourites. Red, succulent and sweet. Just the way I like it. 'Tempting' and delicious any day.

I thought about Eve in the garden of Eden. What type of apple had she eaten, I mused. Had it been a braeburn, golden delicious, royal gala? The options go on. Whatever was the case, the serpent had tempted her with wordy speeches and an apple! Eve had yielded. Taken a bite. And in so doing, man fell.

Temptation! The first trick to man. And one of the enemy's powerful strategies. One of his devices in that dirty bag of his. The enemy did not tempt Eve with a rotten apple. Eve saw the apple was 'good for food and pleasing to the eye'.

Do you think satan is any different today? No, not at all. He still uses delicious looking 'apples' to pull us down to an ugly pit.

What is that apple the enemy is using to lure you? Give the enemy an inch into your life, he will run a marathon with it. Someone once said, let the enemy in at the back seat and it wouldn't be too long before he wants to be the driver.

Do not yield to temptation. Examine the apple. Be wise. Seek God for direction. Even my delicious looking royal gala may be beautiful on the outside but rotten inside. How is it with your 'apple'?

© August 2006
Note: Satan above has been spelt deliberately with a small 's' so as not to give him any recognition even in English grammar.