A Physician's Cure

    Today believers are in a profound struggle. A large number of Christians are sick in soul and weak in faith. We are in need of effective measures for people that seem to be drowning. Jesus is standing by ready to heal and restore all who humbly come to Him with their failure. May the redeemed of the Lord raise a mighty shout. Hurray, for Jesus is near! He is the Great Physician. "...People who are well don’t need a doctor. It’s the sick people who do." Mat 9:12 The problem is that every person becomes sick from their sin. The Bible tells us that humans are drawn toward wrong. Temptation calls and we respond instinctively. "Temptation is the pull of man’s own evil thoughts and wishes. Theses evil thoughts lead to evil actions and afterwards to the death penalty from God." James 1:14,15

    God, who is not willing for any to fail, throws us a powerful life preserver to save us from temptation and defeat. "...He gave us our new lives through the truth of his Word..." James 1:18 In our new lives we can conquer sin’s pull through God’s unfailing plan. Sin is like a whirlpool sucking us further and further into darkness but the living Word is our sure rescue. Did not Jesus resist this world’s adversary through scripture? "Then Satan tempted him to get food by changing stones into loaves of bread. ‘It will prove you are the Son of God,’ he said. But Jesus told him, No! For the Scriptures tell us that bread won’t feed man’s souls, obedience to every word of God is what we need.’" Matt 4:3,4

    So perhaps the commitment God asks of us would not be so difficult if we would learn to say no to temptation. Only God’s Word packs the power punch to put to rout temptations pursuit. "Temptations, when we first meet them, are as the lion that roared upon Samson; but if we overcome them, the next time we see them we shall find a nest of honey within them." John Bunyan Don’t let Satan declare a state of emergency in your life. God’s Word is strong and enables us to prevail over our enemy every time we use it. Whenever the temptation seems too great we can remember Scripture is the first responder to all our emergencies. God’s Word remains strong and faithful to save. Will you put your trust in God’s certain way to succeed against temptation?