When You Are Tempted

“So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall! No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.” – 1 Corinthians 10:12-13

A tourist fell more than 170 feet to her death when she stumbled while taking a selfie from a clifftop viewing platform.

Inessa Polenko, age 39, plunged from the panoramic Gagry viewing point in Abkhazia, a breakaway region of Georgia (near Russia) as she tried to take a photo of herself.

Polenko, who was a beautician and a Instagram user, climbed over a barrier to reach the clifftop viewing point which overlooks the Black Sea. However, as she climbed over the barrier to take a selfie, Polenko stumbled and fell onto a beach below, according to eyewitnesses.
Paramedics rushed to the scene but Polenko died in hospital. An investigation is underway in the breakaway region into the circumstances of her death.

A study of “selfie-related deaths” has found 379 people were killed while taking selfies around the world between January 2008 and July 2021.

All of us will be tempted in multiple areas of our lives. We need to look to the Lord and ask for His wisdom in overcoming temptation.

Ask Jesus how to best deal with the situations in your life and how to overcome temptation.

“Every temptation that we encounter in the path of duty is another chance of filling our souls with the power of heaven.

“Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.” James 1:12