Living Proof in the Face of Temptation

There isn’t a day that goes by when we aren’t tempted in some way. Temptation takes many forms. We’re tempted to lie. Tempted to take what isn’t ours. Tempted to gossip, to hold a grudge, to overeat, to indulge in lust, to manipulate others, or to withhold from God what rightly belongs to Him. But here’s the deeper issue: we often don’t treat temptation as something to resist—we treat it as something to rationalize. God uses trials to bring out the best in us; Satan uses temptation to bring out the worst. In our text, James gives us three warnings to help us handle temptation.