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Helped by Temptation

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Aug 16, 1906

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 83, No. 33.

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Helped by Temptation

TEMPTATION is one of our greatest possibilities of blessing. God promises “every good gift” to his children, but he has never promised to free us from temptation.
There is comfort and fresh strength in this thought when we find ourselves assailed by temptations that we longed and struggled to get free from years ago, yet which seem to renew their attacks with undiminished vigor.
For in that continued fight, which God intends shall bring continued victory, lies our hope of growth in strength and power and character. The arm that lies unused through the years must atrophy and die.
The arm that spends itself in striking blows for life and freedom must grow in ever-increasing power. So out of the mystery of the powers of evil, in their attacks upon God’s children, comes the blessing of victory over evil, and the daily adding of fresh strength from above through our daily need of such strength.
It is better to grow strong through conquered temptation than to lose power through lack of exercise.—Exchange.