Credit Where Credit is Due
"The devil is tempting me again!" "Oh, that devil! He's constantly whispering in my ear!" "God's just testing me again! I just can't withstand this temptation!" "This trial God gave me is just too much for me to handle. I'll never get through it!" "The devil is after us all, all the time." Sheesh! Does anyone else hear these things a lot? It gets pretty old, doesn't it? Especially since, (brace yourself) these often aren't even true. Has it ever occurred to you that maybe we give too much credit to the devil and too little credit to the ones truly responsible for all of these things - placing blame where blame is not due and relying too much on ourselves? The first issue here, is that everyone always seems to think that the devil is coming after them at the same time. Don't get me wrong, the devil is real and he is out there. He does mess with us and he loves to see us brought down. But he can only be in o...