FAITH CAPSULE: The devil comes with temptation before the sin takes charge. 

2 Samuel 11

The devil is with a cunning device with no respect to excuse anyone from his evil. 
The devil is with devices to entice with an attempt to bring all down into a pit of sin. 
The enticement is the deadliest weapon of the devil. 
The enticement is always what the devil will use to attract one to the temptation to become a sinner before God.
To be enticed is to be lured away from the point of focus. 
Know and not fall for the devices of enticement but remain focused on the word of God. 
The temptation is not to sin, but it is for man to fall and sink in sin. 
King David did not accidentally fall for the sin of sexual immorality that he committed with Bathsheba (the wife of Uriah). 
It was through seeing that King David entrapped himself into sin. 
The Bible records the route that David took to fall for sin: “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.” (2 Samuel 11:2)
David was at the right place but at the wrong time to become trapped in sin. 
David fell for sin when he saw a woman bathing. 
David could not resist the temptation of sin but inquired about the wife to another man. 
Getting carried away by enticement will lead to a deadly avenue of sinning before God.
Are you taking a position to fall by temptation before God? 
Imagine David, identified by God as one after the heart of God, but temptation turned him to sin before God.
Give attention, do not become a victim of sin against God. 
Eve could not give attention to avoid the temptation of the devil when she ate from the tree of knowledge against the warning of God.
Eve lost focus when she saw that the tree was good for food and pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise. Eve and Adam ate the fruit. (Genesis 3:6) 
Without seeing in the word of God, enticement will come to lead one that is unfocused into sin. 
The enemy of all man is the master of deception that has been around long enough to draw one into the sin of destruction.
Live life to the glory of God, stay tuned, and not be turned off by the devices of enticement by the devil.
Abstain from seeing in the wicked world; begin to see in the Word of God for your deliverance and preservation. 

Prayer for today: Ask that you will not become a victim of the enticement by the devil.