An Opportunity To Do Good

In our reading of The Purpose Driven Life last night, something stuck out to me.

"Temptation is an opportunity to do good."

I never looked at it that way. I always see temptation as a trap, something that satan tantalizes me with, which it is, but now I can look at it a bit differently. God is growing me. He'll grow me right through the temptation. If I choose to sin in the temptation, I'll grow when I repent, and I will learn and experience God's character of mercy, grace and forgiveness in a new way. If I choose to run from temptation, therefore running from sin, I grow closer to Him through obedience.

Temptation is an opportunity to do good, and it is also an opportunity to grow even closer to Him.