Lima beans are one of my favorite vegetables. Especially drenched in melted butter.
Lollipops, on the other hand, I could take or leave.
When my children were small, their pediatrician would give them a lollipop each time we visited. That would most likely be unheard of nowadays.
A lot of things we did back then would be unheard of nowadays. But this is not unusual. Things change as time goes by.
But there are some things that never change. Those things are the intangibles, the values and principles that guide our lives.
The matters of the heart.
The Bible says that Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever (Hebrews 13:8), and that God never changes (Malachi 3:6). This means that His commandments never change, either.
So, how does all of this apply to you? It is your responsibility as a child of God to understand the difference between the things that never change and the things that do. Then it is your responsibility as a child of God to uphold the things that never change and to do so without compromise.
How can you do this? By deciding today what you will do in the face of temptation.
For example, if your boyfriend asks you to have sex before marriage, what will you do? Ask yourself that question now, and determine that you will obey God’s Word that commands you to wait until marriage before engaging in sex. If you don’t make this decision before the temptation hits you, you may have trouble making it when the temptation hits you.
Daniel was a young man who faced many temptations. But way before he faced any of them, he had already purposed in his heart to obey God (Daniel 1:8).
Before you do anything else today, purpose in your heart that you will obey God no matter what temptation comes your way. Then, when the temptation comes, as it surely will, you will already know what to do.
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