Matthew 4:1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. 2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungered.
It is worthy of note that Jesus did not pray when He was actually being tempted, the time for that had passed. Jesus prayed before the temptations, and therefore, He was strengthened to resist them when they came. Men, there are times when temptations come so suddenly upon us that there is no time to pray. It is of critical importance for us to be fully loaded with The Holy Spirit before leaving home, because the Christian wins his battles on His knees, long before Mrs. Potiphar arrives on the scene.
We now turn our attention to the ladies. Ladies, we can’t let you off the hook, because the temptations often come to you in a different format from men. Your weakness is generally centered on what you hear, which may arouse your feelings and emotions. In the garden of Eden, Eve fell for what she heard, and ever since that time, words and Women have been closely associated.
In fact, according to the experts, women use an average of 20,000 words a day, compared to the mere 7,000 that men utter. Thus, the temptation to overthrow a woman’s mind and her decision making, often comes through the medium of smooth, subtle words that are tailormade to act upon the emotions and feelings, as the song says, “tell me lies”.
1st Timothy 2:14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!