Immersed in the Word

September 1

We hold all the gifts that the Lord has given us in earthen vessels. Our containers are subject to cracks and leakage. We are not beyond being broken. Temptations arise that put us into the precarious position of having to react as a ‘natural man’ who is unregenerate, or as one who is totally submitted to and governed by the law of Christ.

How can we assure ourselves that when the alluring individual who finds us attractive initiates the potential for a ‘relationship’ that we will not succumb? How can we be certain that when the opportunity to conclude the deal of a lifetime presents itself that we will not compromise our values to seal it?

How can we trust ourselves, for we know who we are? We know what we have been. We know what the Lord has saved us from. We know we don’t want to go back, but when the “pleasure of sin for a season” (Hebrews 11:25) attempts to seductively draw us back, how can we not respond to the worldly temptations that have always allured us?

II Timothy 2:15 holds the key to maintaining our resolve to walk in integrity with our Lord. Here it says, “Study to show yourself approved of God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.” One who studies is focused on the material before him. When we study the Word, immerse ourselves in it, it will keep us spiritually whole and able to flee temptation.