Don’t Walk RUN!


So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don't fall! No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.

1 Corinthians 10:12-13


I am always intrigued by a prison escape movie. They are especially “fun” if the prison is so tightly guarded that no one has ever broken out. Then comes your favorite star with a well crafted script and he is seen planning and executing the “perfect” prison break. In a movie like this you must watch every scene and listen to every word or you may miss a pivotal moment in the plot.

Jesus came to “set the prisoners free.” All men and women are tightly held in the prison of sin and death. But when they encounter Jesus he provides a way out. He not only provides a way out of sin and death but also shows us how to escape temptation.

When I am bombarded with temptation Jesus shows me a way out. The Bible does not say that Jesus pushes me out or pulls me out. Jesus shows me the way! Without that “way” I am without hope of standing against temptation. But with that “way” I can walk or run away from temptation!

The best example in the Bible of how to escape temptation is the story of Joseph running away from Potiphar’s wife. Joseph, at the pinnacle of the temptation did not reason with it or even argue with it. Joseph ran away!

So when Jesus shows you the way of escape from the “sin that so easily besets you” don’t walk, RUN!