The other day, while at the doctor's office, I came across this ad in a magazine. There was this picture of a Roman gladiator in big trouble. Somehow, he had dropped his sword. The enraged lion, seeing it's opportunity, is in mid-lunge with jaws wide open. The crowd in the Colosseum is on it's feet, watching in horror as the panic-stricken gladiator tries to flee. The caption reads: Sometimes you can afford to come in second, sometimes you can't.
I thought about the Psalmist, David, when he wrote the words, "lead us not into temptation..." I'm confident that David knew something the gladiator didn't. Our most important strategy for defeating the roaring lion is to stay out of the arena.
Sometimes we play so close to the fires of temptation we can't help but get burned. Our greatest defense against sin is to stay out of the arena. Do not place ourselves in situations where our weaknesses will be allowed to come to the forefront. For if we do we will be devoured by the lion.
Pastor Mike
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