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  NOT WORTH THE DEVIL'S WHILE
  by F.B. Meyer
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Summary: God allows us to be tempted to show us our weaknesses and
prompt us to seek His help, and He is working in us to deliver us from
sin and lead us to a better life.

Topics: "Temptation", "God's Work in Us"
Scripture References: James 1:2

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F.B. Meyer emphasizes that temptation serves as a means for God to
reveal our weaknesses and draw us closer to Him. He explains that the
struggles we face, including the yearning for a better life, are
evidence of God's work within us. Meyer reassures those feeling lost in
worldly pursuits that their desires for something greater indicate they
are indeed children of God, even amidst their weaknesses. He encourages
believers to recognize that God is actively shaping them, making them
His workshop, and to seek His help in overcoming temptation.

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When the Spirit of God descended upon Christ He was led by the Spirit
into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil--Spirit-filled, devil-
tempted.

You ask, why does God let us be tempted? I think it is to show where we
are weak; that upon the temptation, as our stepping stone, we may reach
out for some of God's help. I would not know how much I needed Christ
unless the devil were constantly tempting me.

God is working in you. The compunction you feel when you sin, the
yearning you feel for a better life, your desire to go to a religious
meeting, all are proofs that God is working in you to deliver you. Many
a woman of fashion or society is, perhaps, living in the very whirl of
it, and yet, poor thing, in it she really wants something better.

My sister, do not be disheartened--that is God working in you! I believe
you are a real child of His, but you are so weak, and you do not like to
stand alone, you do what other women do, and yet you hate it all the
time, and you want the better life. Understand that God is working in
you; you are the workshop of God.

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/fb-meyer/not-worth-the-devils-while/
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