You don’t have to worry about hot coals; try the sidewalk! But this reminder about scorching coals is good for us all. We get to feeling so strong inside spiritually we slack off our spiritual focus with Jesus. That’s when we are easily seduced by a “favorite” temptation, especially when we assume we can flirt with what is sinful. But the Holy Spirit reminds us through the Wise Man, Solomon, that when we flirt with evil and willingly expose ourselves to temptation, we will eventually get burned. We can’t play with hot coals when we have bare souls, and we mustn’t flirt with temptation when we know that Satan can burn us again and again for our sinful and rebellious mistakes! “Can a man walk on hot coals without his feet being scorched?” – Proverbs 6:28.
May 8
May 8, 2024
But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. —Romans 5:8. God didn’t wait till we were “good enough” to
