Today 8-23-2021

James 1:14 ESV "But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire."Cast after cast, they kept coming closer! Today we read about how our own desire is what lures us and entices us to sin!  With each cast, the small fish followed my lure right to the boat. The faster I retrieved the lure, the fast the fish came. Then all of sudden out of no where, came a huge bass and engulfed my lure! The desire of the little fish wasn't strong enough to get them into trouble but the desire of the big fish got him hooked into trouble! In life, our own desire is what usually gets us into trouble. It starts out small, and as the desire begins to grow, it can lead us where we take the bait and get hooked on those things that cause us to sin. The key is that God, through Christ, has released us back into the water of living by forgiving us of our sin. Don't take the bait of satan, but let our desire be for the things of God! peace, tom