NOT WORTH THE DEVIL’S WHILE-F.B.Meyer

When the Spirit of God descended upon Christ He was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil–Spirit-filled, devil-tempted.
You ask, why does God let us be tempted? I think it is to show where we are weak; that upon the temptation, as our stepping stone, we may reach out for some of God’s help. I would not know how much I needed Christ unless the devil were constantly tempting me.
God is working in you. The compunction you feel when you sin, the yearning you feel for a better life, your desire to go to a religious meeting, all are proofs that God is working in you to deliver you. Many a woman of fashion or society is, perhaps, living in the very whirl of it, and yet, poor thing, in it she really wants something better. My sister, do not be disheartened–that is God working in you! I believe you are a real child of His, but you are so weak, and you do not like to stand alone, you do what other women do, and yet you hate it all the time, and you want the better life. Understand that God is working in you; you are the workshop of God.

F.B.Meyer