This life is a time to prepare to meet God. As such, it is designed to test us and to try us, to prove whether we will serve the Lord under any and all circumstances. That means that temptation doesn't quit. Ever. However, the Lord does not allow us to be tempted beyond that which we can bear, and so He provides refuge from temptation.
One of His refuges is protection against temptation. By that, I mean a bulwark of strength that absorbs the fury of hell. God makes this available in our lives through the principle of integrity. As we seek to be more like Him, we become more whole, more intact as human beings and children of God. As we become more whole, we have a greater and greater power of integrity: the power to see reality as it truly is and to face its challenges. That integrity is the first and great bulwark against temptation in this life.
Every time you cracked under the pressure of a particular temptation, you first cracked your integrity.
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