The COST OF INDULGING TEMPTATIONS VS FOLLOWING JESUS: A DICHOTOMY

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 Being introduced to temptation 

Ok, as the whole drill goes I  am led to write based on what God is teaching me based on what I am going through in a moment. Which child, that's on a daily basis! I am grateful to God firstly for the gift of life , I am grateful secondly to God for another chance. I am grateful to God thirdly for the gift to serve Him. My favorite books and articles to read are based on people's real life stories and experiences. So let me share with you how God showed me an example of Jesus resisting temptation for me to hold on to in times of need. Especially on more pulling days like today when I really wanted to just cave in.Today on an impromptu episode where God led me to go and The Dichotomy.

Here I am on a Saturday morning at 1:52 am and I am struggling and battling a Dichotomy. When God is birthing you and He is making you into a new creation the transitions are hard. Transition is no man's joke. Every transition I have went through has pulled on me on difficult ways. And I am feeling this one. I am having to battle the Dichotomy of resisting habits and things I love in order to be and be called to where God wants me to be. I am having to resist the things that give me laughter or that feel like a hug on hard days when I don't feel as confident or I don't feel as you 'faith-ed up' or as leaned up as I should feel. And the worst part is I don't know what the REMEDY is

Matthew 26:36-56

39 He went on a little farther and bowed with his face to the ground, praying, “My Father! If it is possible, let this cup of suffering be taken away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine.”

Jesus Christ an example of victory over temptation 

The Dichotomy this week delved into The Master Jesus Christ going through the labor pains and agony that would birth His ultimate purpose and Messianic manifestation.  He was also battling on the other side of the Dichotomy, RESISTANCE. We see Jesus battling this Dichotomy ,God laid it in my heart as He led me to interrogate the scripture; that all Jesus wanted to have was a nap , His Stanley mug, a warm throw and watch YouTube. He wanted to be in His cosy and rested era but his reality was hard. Excruciatingly hard! I believe when Jesus went to pray this prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane it was in the wee hours of the night. Though the Bible does not explicitly explain this, but analysis of the kind of sleep that overcame Peter and John. It just had to be like in the young a.m's ok!

When God is birthing you and He is making you into a new creation the transitions are hard. Transition is no man's joke. Every transition I have gone through has pulled on me in difficult ways. I don't know if you can relate but sometimes you have to battle The Dichotomy of resisting habits and things you love in order to become and in response to the call of divine alignment ( the call of where God wants you to be). Are you having to resist the things that give you laughter? Is God calling you to forego the things that feel like a hug on hard days ? How about when you don't feel as confident ? (🍦🍷🍿👨) Or don't feel as you 'faithed up' or as leaned up as you should feel. And the worst part is you don't know what the REMEDY is! Matthew 26: 36-56. Jesus' remedy for when He was faced with His own Dichotomy of His Weakness vs God's Will. He chose the Higher which was God's will. I ran into the solution today and that solution is worship.

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When faced with a temptation this week.Set up your phone timer and commit to resisting that urge/temptation for 5 minutes let the urge pass and divert it worship.

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