Like a fish, one should look for holes in the net. Samoan proverb
No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it.
1 Corinthians 10:13 NASB
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When I first started applying the Word of God from the Bible to my program of recovery, I stood heavily upon this scripture verse. I came to the realization that any temptation that I might experience was common to someone else somewhere else. Some of the temptations that I had and still frequent my life of recovery are the use of alcohol, smoking pot, speed, sexual lust, and dishonesty. Through this scripture I realize that I am not alone in my feelings. I also find hope in the fact that with temptations, no matter how severe, I will be able to take it. After twenty years of attempting recovery in many different ways, and after having many relapses, today I know that one little slip could mean death. When I was thirty-four years old I met a woman who like myself knew that because of our personalities we could not drink or do drugs. After five years we married and were married for nine years. We divorced because of problems that existed because of our drug and alcohol use. The last time I saw her was a year after our divorce, and she had just gotten out of treatment for substance abuse. The last thing she said to me was, Jerry, I want to make it this time in recovery, I know that I have one more drunk in me, but I dont know if I have one more recovery. Those were her last words to me. One month later she died of an accidental overdose of drugs and alcohol. I continued to use and abuse drugs and alcohol for the next three years. How foolish of me. Today I need this scripture in my life to live. With every temptation God will provide a way of escape. I have found and need everyday to realize that the way of escape God has provided is not some miraculous door that opens up, and allows me to get away from the temptation, but is a resource of people who are there to support me. My way of escape comes from family members who have unconditionally loved me and are there for me in my recovery. From having a church family that knows where I come from, and supports my recovery. And most importantly an avenue of escape from temptations has been the fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous. AA has given me the tools to dig into my hidden and secret life, and to uncover and bring to light many of my character defects and shortcomings that were the source of my problems. AA has also given me the opportunity to offer an escape from temptation to others, and thereby paving the road for my own escape. God truly provides a way, and does for me what I could not do for myself JRE
If we would rise into that region of light and power plainly beckoning us through the Scriptures of truth, we must break the evil habit of ignoring the spiritual. We must shift our interest from the seen to the unseen. For the great unseen Reality is God. He that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. (Hebrews 11:6). This is basic in the life of faith. From there we can rise to unlimited heights. A. W. Tozer
No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it.
1 Corinthians 10:13 NASB
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When I first started applying the Word of God from the Bible to my program of recovery, I stood heavily upon this scripture verse. I came to the realization that any temptation that I might experience was common to someone else somewhere else. Some of the temptations that I had and still frequent my life of recovery are the use of alcohol, smoking pot, speed, sexual lust, and dishonesty. Through this scripture I realize that I am not alone in my feelings. I also find hope in the fact that with temptations, no matter how severe, I will be able to take it. After twenty years of attempting recovery in many different ways, and after having many relapses, today I know that one little slip could mean death. When I was thirty-four years old I met a woman who like myself knew that because of our personalities we could not drink or do drugs. After five years we married and were married for nine years. We divorced because of problems that existed because of our drug and alcohol use. The last time I saw her was a year after our divorce, and she had just gotten out of treatment for substance abuse. The last thing she said to me was, Jerry, I want to make it this time in recovery, I know that I have one more drunk in me, but I dont know if I have one more recovery. Those were her last words to me. One month later she died of an accidental overdose of drugs and alcohol. I continued to use and abuse drugs and alcohol for the next three years. How foolish of me. Today I need this scripture in my life to live. With every temptation God will provide a way of escape. I have found and need everyday to realize that the way of escape God has provided is not some miraculous door that opens up, and allows me to get away from the temptation, but is a resource of people who are there to support me. My way of escape comes from family members who have unconditionally loved me and are there for me in my recovery. From having a church family that knows where I come from, and supports my recovery. And most importantly an avenue of escape from temptations has been the fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous. AA has given me the tools to dig into my hidden and secret life, and to uncover and bring to light many of my character defects and shortcomings that were the source of my problems. AA has also given me the opportunity to offer an escape from temptation to others, and thereby paving the road for my own escape. God truly provides a way, and does for me what I could not do for myself JRE
If we would rise into that region of light and power plainly beckoning us through the Scriptures of truth, we must break the evil habit of ignoring the spiritual. We must shift our interest from the seen to the unseen. For the great unseen Reality is God. He that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. (Hebrews 11:6). This is basic in the life of faith. From there we can rise to unlimited heights. A. W. Tozer
