As I am following God, I am also fully aware that temptation lurks in the midst. And although I come to the understanding that apart from God I can do nothing, my human nature sometimes comes to surface, breaks away from the vine and I end up having coffee with temptation.
I have no excuse and I don't intend to make any. I just can't believe that even when I already know a lot about obeying God and doing what is right I still find myself in compromising situations. I can't help but beat myself up for realizing too late what I've gotten myself into.
I believe though that it was my foundation that helped me keep my head afloat.
We will always be battling with this stuff. As much as we want to, it will never go away. We are, in a sense, soldiers at war and I don't want to go into action with a teddy bear in hand. I want the big guns -- riffles, snipers, missiles, rockets, torpedos. I want those weapons that will surely kill the enemy.
It's the same for our faith and how we face temptation. If we are not equipped with God's Word and His promises, we end up giving in.
We must always be ready to look at temptation straight in the eye and say "my God is bigger than you". As my mom always say, shame the enemy.
But then again the best course of action is to just flee away from it right from the start. And definitely not invite it for coffee.
No temptation that comes your way is beyond the course of what others have had to face. All you need to remember is that God will never let you down; He'll never let you be pushed past your limit; He'll always be there to help you come through it. (1 Corinthians 10:13, MSG)