{"id":3865,"date":"2021-05-29T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-29T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shop.honestreflections.net\/?p=3865"},"modified":"2021-05-11T11:40:20","modified_gmt":"2021-05-11T16:40:20","slug":"how-temptation-will-make-you-falter-in-your-walk-with-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2021\/05\/29\/how-temptation-will-make-you-falter-in-your-walk-with-god\/","title":{"rendered":"How Temptation Will Make You Falter in Your Walk with God"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

2 minute read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Daily Reading: <\/strong>2 Samuel 10-12 GW<\/a>; Psalms 51 GW<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everyone falters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If people tell you they overcome all temptations, they\u2019re lying.\u00a0 If someone says they have never succumbed to the lore of a guilty pleasure, don\u2019t believe it.\u00a0 David, mightiest of kings, fell to the temptation of Bathsheba.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his close walk with God, David faltered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

David\u2019s reliance on God was much more literal than ours.  Most of us don\u2019t worry about how we are going to get our daily bread.  In America, food is currently in abundance.  We have programs to feed those in need, both governmental and non-profit.  David didn\u2019t live in the United States.  He resided in the middle east, long before electricity, refrigeration, and grocery stores existed.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daily bread meant growing, harvesting, thrashing, and baking it.  David didn\u2019t run into Walmart and pick up a loaf of bread.  People in this culture appreciated their daily bread in ways we can\u2019t understand.  As a result, they had a much deeper reliance on God than we do today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

God was David\u2019s best friend.  David still fell.  As humans, we all falter, which is why we need grace. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grace is God\u2019s solution.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Accepting the fact that you will falter is healthy.  Perfection is unattainable without God.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

David got Bathsheba pregnant.  To cover up his sin, he tried to manipulate her husband into sleeping with her.  However, the dedicated soldier that Uriah was, he refused to take pleasure when his men suffered.  So David placed Uriah at the front of the battle lines, and he died.  Then David took Bathsheba as his wife.  David did pay the price for his actions.  But God was still David\u2019s best friend; He still loved him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Temptation does have consequences.  When we succumb, we\u2019ll find out what those are.  But that doesn\u2019t mean God doesn\u2019t love us anymore.  No, God takes our mistakes and uses them for good.  Somehow, someway, He always does.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lord, we love You!  I love You!  Thank You for loving us, for leading with grace when You sent Jesus.  How amazing You are.  Forgive us for deceiving ourselves into thinking we are infallible.  Thank You for loving us enough to correct us.  And for never leaving us, just like You never left David.  Strengthen us for the journey today.  Let us produce good fruit today.  IJNIP. Amen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Question for reflection<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s your latest temptation?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2 minute read. Daily Reading: 2 Samuel 10-12 GW; Psalms 51 GW Everyone falters. If people tell you they overcome all temptations, they\u2019re lying.\u00a0 If someone says they have never succumbed to the lore of a guilty pleasure, don\u2019t believe it.\u00a0 David, mightiest of kings, fell to the temptation of Bathsheba.\u00a0 In his close walk… Continue reading How Temptation Will Make You Falter in Your Walk with God<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3865"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3869,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3865\/revisions\/3869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}