As human beings living on this planet called earth, facing temptations is an inevitable event that must surely occur. For someone to escape being tempted shows that he or she is no longer among the living.
In the journey of life many been tempted gave in while some overcame. Facing temptations in life is not and will never be an easy thing, it is just like facing or taking an unexpected exam in school and if you are not careful as well as being prepared you are likely to fail. I know that there has been many articles been written about temptations so I'm not going to dive into every details about it, which is why I am only going to briefly talk about two categories of temptation.
- Garden Temptations - One would wonder why I call it the "garden temptations", well here is my reason. Permit me to take my reference from the Holy Bible Genesis chapter 2, this passage of the Bible talks about where God Almighty created man and gave him everything that he(man) needed but instructed him not to touch or eat a particular fruit from a particular tree out of every other trees in the garden.
Now based on this instruction man was tempted, garden temptation is the very kind of temptation that comes out of "abundance". This abundance can be financial abundance, spiritual abundance, academical abundance and otherwise.
- Wilderness Temptations - Why do I call it "wilderness temptation", well permit me to also take reference form the Holy Bible Matthew chapter 4, this passage of the Bible describes how Jesus was tempted in the wilderness after His fasting.
Pointing out a keyword "Wilderness" which means an uncultivated, neglected or abandoned area. A place where you can find nothing good or useful, I call it a place of complete lack. Wilderness temptation is the very kind of temptation that comes out of lack or poverty. Lack is one of the surest ways Satan cramps people with temptation and most people likely give in to it. Wilderness temptations has more controlling power over garden temptations because when someone is in lack of some need, he or she can do anything just to acquire that need.
So if you are going through temptations in life pray let it not be the kind of wilderness temptation. You can also feel free to drop any contribution to this very write up.