Strength for Today

"Then it happened one evening that David arose from his bed and walked on the roof of the king's house. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to behold" (2 Sam. 11:2). Charles Spurgeon reminds us that we are never out of reach of temptation. "The morning opens with peril, and the shades of evening find us still in jeopardy." It is possible that David could not sleep and went on the roof to commune with God. If so, that teaches us that we are never beyond the reach of temptation. David, sadly, succumbed to the lust of the flesh and the end result was the deaths of two innocent people.  Spurgeon notes: "The sun is down but sin is up. We need a watchman for the night as well as a guardian for the day." To me, that watchman and guardian is the Holy Spirit of God. The apostle Paul gives us this word of wisdom: "I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh . . . If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit" (Gal. 5:16, 25). Living in the Spirit will give you "strength for today" in overcoming tempation.