The apostle Paul was clear about the need to run from temptation. Our culture is full of all sorts of temptation that are tied to our possessions, passion or quest for power. Good and worthwhile goals can have temptations to be the wrong person and do wrong things, disguising our self glory. Let’s pray that we are skilled at recognizing these temptations for selfish gain or recognition. 1 Timothy 6:11-12 (MSG)
“But you, Timothy, man of God: Run for your life from all this. Pursue a righteous life—a life of wonder, faith, love, steadiness, courtesy. Run hard and fast in the faith. Seize the eternal life, the life you were called to, the life you so fervently embraced in the presence of so many witnesses.
Oh that believers would become eternity-conscious! If we could live every moment of every day under the eye of God, if we did every act in the light of the judgment seat, if we sold every article in the light of the judgment seat, if we prayed every prayer in the light of the judgment seat, if we tithed all our possessions in the light of the judgment seat, if we preachers prepared every sermon with one eye on damned humanity and the other on the judgment seat—then we would have a Holy Ghost revival that would shake this earth and that, in no time at all, would liberate millions of precious souls.” - Leonard Ravenhill, Why Revival Tarries
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