Too often the prayer is, "God, take it away. Just fix it." But that's not how He works. The Spirit isn’t handed over to eliminate every trial or every temptation. He empowers with something far greater — a new heart, a new desire, a supernatural self-control that wasn’t there before. This is the power of the Holy Spirit. Not a shortcut out of the fire, but the strength to walk through it in holiness.

The miracle isn’t that the temptation vanishes — it’s that the believer can stare it down and flee. God is forming a people who don’t just survive sin but actually overcome it by the Spirit He placed within them. He’s not removing the battle. He’s raising up warriors.

Excerpt from “What Are You Hiding?” on the Crazy Love Podcast and YouTube channel.

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