FAITH CAPSULE: Enticement is the music of temptation.

2 Samuel 11

The devil is the architect of enticement.
Enticement is a cunning device of the devil with no respect for anyone, sparing no one.
The devil will engage its victim with enticement to distract and destroy.
Enticement and temptation are the same.
Know and not dance to the sound of enticement but remain focused on the word of God.
Enticement lures victims away from the point of focus.
The temptation is not sin, but falling for temptation will cause a man to sink into sin.
King David did not accidentally fall for the sin of sexual immorality, which he committed with Bathsheba (the wife of Uriah). It was through seeing (which is the anchor of enticement) that King David entrap himself into sin.
2 Samuel 11:2  records, “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.”
David, at the right place at the wrong time, trapped himself with sin.
David fell for sin when he saw a woman bathing.
David could not resist the temptation of sin but went on to inquire about a woman belonging to another man.
Getting carried away by enticement will lead to a deadly avenue of sinning before God.
David was identified as a man of the heart of God, but could not avoid sin.
No one should trust themselves against the devices of the devil but trust and hope in deliverance and preservation of God.
The enemy of all is the master of deception that has been around long enough to draw one into the sin of destruction.
When Jesus had fasted forty days and forty nights, He was hungry. 
Matthew 4: 3-4 records, “Now when the tempter came to Him, he said, ‘If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.”
4 But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’ ”
Temptation will fail when enticement is ignored.
Today, be warned and wise to know that if Jesus experienced the enticement of the enemy, no man is above the cunning enticement of the enemy.
Which of your needs is leading you to become a victim of the enticement of the devil?
Give to the word of God to deny the tempter.
Take to the admonition of Paul as stated in Philippians 4:6-7, “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.” 
Abstain from seeing in the wicked world; take to the Word of God.

Prayer for today: Ask for the grace of God not to expire over your life to become a victim of the enemy.