BENEFITS OF TEMPTATIONS (SECRETS UNVEILED)

BENEFITS OF TEMPTATIONS (SECRETS UNVEILED)

James 1:2  My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; 

The joy of the Lord is really our salvation.

Right now, I feel it in my heart to share this scripture with you. What must interest us most in this text is the fact that God assures us to count all that we may go through as joy. It means temptations are a possible occurrence. If God is then asking us to count those temptations ``joy``, it means, for a true and spiritual child of God, one of the sources of your joy is temptations. Not that I pray that temptations may come your way, but rather we will uncover a reaction that drives the temptations away.

It is of a fact that God hates evil and therefore anything that will limit our joy. Since time immemorial, God ceases everything that tries to block the joy of His children. In the beginning when the world was without form or void, God made it habitable. When there was no darkness, He comes as a light into the world. In every negative situation, He presents a positive reaction. In fact, our God is a God of the positive. 

This raises the question. Temptations are undesirable situations. Why then should God ask us to count it all joy. First, it implies that, God is aware of the situation. Mostly, we think God forgets us in times of trial. But one earthly evidence of the nearness of God to you in those times is the care of the mother for her child. A good mother rushes to her child at the slightest sound of cry. That is how God treats us. Whenever a mother approaches her child, the child stops crying because it feels the presence, joy and security of the mother. 

God is always near us in our trials and temptations, but the question is ``are you aware?`` Awareness of God’s presence all the time in your life is of a great reverence. He says ``I will never leave nor forsake you``. 

Deu 31:6  Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

 This is a true saying and God cannot lie. 

But does a child remain a child forever? Children need to grow. They still have their parents attention, but as you grow, you must now recognize the love that your parents have for you and be able to trust them always. God needs be trusted. One reason that God needs us to grow is this ``Gal 4:1  Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;`` 

, I wish to ask; which child will agree to remain a slave ALTHOUGH he is master of all? It is a fact that lack of knowledge, people suffer. Most children of God are missing out on a lot of things because they are still children or even babies. We need to grow by the word of God and live by faith in it.

He is the God that makes a way when there seems to be no way. Remember, there only SEEMS to be no way, but actually with Him, there is always a way. 

So now why be joyful in temptations?

In life whenever someone realises that you can actually feel, experience and react to the pains he or she is causing you, he or she will come back to give you more. He has actually placed you in the situation he wants you to be. {Please not that ``he`` is used in generic terms and therefore refers to both male and female}. Until you show that individual that his actions are having no effect on you, he will keep coming.

Now, temptations come to give us pain, sorrow, suffering and all the negative things you can think about. However, in the midst of the chaotic state of the earth, the spirit of God was still hovering over the surface of the water. This means God is actually in every situation and just like Daniel in the den of the lions, He wants us to rejoice. We are not rejoicing because we love the situation, but because we have already overcome it. 

Have you ever asked yourself why God asks the weak to say they are strong, the poor to say they are rich? That is the language of the kingdom. Abraham spoke things that were not in existence as if they were. 

Rom 4:17  (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.

We give glory to God for always giving us the victory in Christ Jesus. Amen. 

God has a reason and purpose for everything. Imagine God, the greatest of all can allow His children to be in bondage for more than 400 years. Why should Daniel and his friend face a situation of being thrown into fire? Lastly, there is a reason why God allowed the Philistines in bible days to capture the ark of God`s covenant to their country. It was then that God Himself destroyed Dagon their god and had vengeance on them. You are the temple of God, if you face trials, know that God only wanted to use you to overcome the devil. Trust in Him for all things work together for good.

If you are yet to believe and accept Jesus as your personal Lord and savior, it is so simple but crucial. Believe in Him from the bottom of your heart. No individual can know what you feel in your heart except God. After believe, you need to confess Him and be saved forever. This is according to Romans 10:8-10

Remain blessed