“For the good that I want, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want.” Romans 7:19

What evil do you want to do? I have mine. You have yours. Even the apostle who wrote the above had his.

Need a list? Just off the top of my head I can think of gluttony, envy, arrogance, drunkenness, promiscuity, vulgarity, adultery, physical and/or mental abuse, theft, dishonesty, bullying, gossiping, carousing, filthy talk, substance abuse, deception, laziness, undue and/or uncontrolled anger, idolatry, disrespect, witchcraft, violence, rebellion, divisiveness, neglect, irresponsibility……….

Yes, the list goes on, and everything in that list has an appeal. There is a part of us that says that these things are fun, or fulfilling in some way. Each of us struggles with their appeal to one extent or another.

And we don’t get to choose our poison. How often have any of us had the thought, “If I just had your problem, I could lick that in no time”, only to be confronted anew with our own personal struggle?

Even Jesus was tempted. He had desires to do things that weren’t right. That’s what temptation is. The writer of the letter to the Hebrews wrote (2:18):