Tempted to Sin?

Many of us take this verse and twist it to mean something else…like saying “God will not put no more on you than you can bear” as to apply it to anything. It has been 16 years since I was taught the proper understanding of this verse. This verse is specifically speaking about the temptation to sin. The fact that you are tempted is not sin, it’s when you act upon that sin that is the problem (the book of James explains this).

It tells us that whatever sin(s) we are struggling not to commit over and over again, God makes a way of escape for us. It does not say that God puts the temptation to sin in front of us. It does imply that as Satan puts the stumbling block in your way, God provides the righteous alternative, a clear path for us. It also tells us that we are not the only ones struggling with our own individual sin(s), that there are others just like us out there.

You are not alone in your sin struggle and God makes a way for you to come from under that load of sin.

Won’t He do it?

Stay prayed up and listen to the Lord through His word…that will bless you! —Jayly Jackson

Anxious? For what reason?

As much as we say that God is in control of our lives, we have a funny way of showing it. Sure, we pray to Him for our needs, wants and desires but we do this almost as a formality. I say this because we often live a “I got this” lifestyle that all but includes God…well, until we are in trouble. Even then, we are so anxious of what the outcome will be even though we have “handed” over to the Father. If we have given our problems over to the Lord but then we are still trying to work it out ourselves, we are not trusting enough in Him.

He can do no wrong. He keeps His word. He is just and able to do or not to do whatever His will is to do or not to do.

We must trust Him more and worry less.

Stay prayed up, trusted in Him and be blessed knowing that “He’s got this!”

—Jayly Jackson

Like a vapor

Have you ever given much thought to the scripture above? Life…like a vapor? Here now, gone in the next few seconds. Vapor or smoke, billowing with so much potential, promising so much, gone with out much fanfare. When I am grilling or smoking meat, the smoke disappears not much after it makes its appearance. However, the smell of smoke is still lingering in my clothes, on my skin and in my hair. As much as I like to cook, I am ready get rid of the smoke smell through a shower for me and through washing my clothes immediately. This reminds me of what King Solomon said; “There is no remembrance of former things, Nor will there be any remembrance of things that are to come By those who will come after.”

(Ecclesiastes 1:11) Are we guilty of trying to get more out of a life that will be forgotten about when we are gone? I do not mean to belittle anyone’s life and I am not saying your life is meaningless. But it stands to be just that if God is not the center and leader of your life. Life is too short for us to just go about it like we will have another tomorrow…that is certainly not guaranteed. We would be fools to think that it is. Solomon tells us that

Let us not act as fools with our lives. God requires more from us and helps us to understand the true meaning of life:

“Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep His commandments, For this is man’s all.”

(Ecclesiastes 12:13)

Stay prayed up, stay busy in the Lord & about His will, stay blessed. —Jayly Jackson

Your way or God’s way?

Too often we go about life “thinking” that this or this or that is what God wants me to do, surmising that whatever it is we are doing or thinking is what God “wants me to do.” In all actuality, we do what we want to do and then attribute it to God. That is wrong of us. Please be encourage to not go and do your own thing…whether it is in regards to your family, work, school and especially in religion, without God. You do not have to guess at what God wants you to do; ask Him in prayer, read/study His Word, ask for help. The scriptures below are a great reminder:

“Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the LORD and depart from evil.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭3:7‬ ‭

“The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, But he who heeds counsel is wise.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭12:15‬ ‭

“There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭14:12‬ ‭

“There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭16:25‬ ‭

“Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, But the LORD weighs the hearts.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭21:2‬

You all stay prayed up and blessed on this Lord’s day.

—Jayly Jackson