Tailor Made Temptation

By Rev Dean Beaty 9/28/09

James 1:13-15 “Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God:

for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: But every

man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own (tailor made) lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when

it is finished, bringeth forth death.”(KJV)

Did you ever have a suit made especially for you?

We say it’s, “tailor made,” for it fits you through and through.

The devil is a tailor when it comes to fitting sin.

He tailors our temptations to our lack of discipline.

Do not forget that Satan is wiser than us all.

Just think again of Eden and witness there man’s fall.

He watches what we read or see, or the places that we go.

Then he tailors our temptation to bring a fatal blow.

Our God is a tailor too; He’s prepared for us a suit.

It is a suit of armor and there is no substitute.

If we’re to win the battle against Satan, our chief foe,

We must put each piece in place to protect where e’re we go.

In Hebrews it speaks plainly about sins that beset us.*

Where we easily fall prey and we hardly make a fuss.

“Tailor made” temptations from the destroyer himself.

Take many from the battle and put them on the shelf.

Examine your heart closely. Find the unguarded door,

Through which the foe will enter to make his fatal score.

But stand fast in Christ Jesus. Keep your banner there unfurled.

“Greater is He within you than he that’s in the world.”

*Hebrews 12:1 “Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,” (KJV)