Temptation is to get you to miss the mark. Testing is to get you to hit the mark.

Many people think the “devil” is God’s enemy. This is a common misconception. However, the enemy is not God’s enemy. God has no enemies. Nobody can fight Him. He’s man’s enemy. His job is to get you to function in life led by your particular selfish desire and using your own strength on a particular issue.

God brings you into situations where you must exercise your confidence in His strength and His desire.

The enemy is aware of God’s will. The enemy has made it clear that he is familiar with the Word of God. Why would the enemy read and know the Word of God? He can’t get God to change it. The enemy knows whether or not we know the Word of God. Why? Because he knows the Word is for us and our standard to live by. He can get us to believe it wrong… just like he did Eve and Adam in the garden.

God doesn’t need His Word, He has Himself. We need His Word. It was written for us. The enemy wants us to miss the bulls-eye. The bulls-eye is God’s will. Temptation is to get us out of or missing the will of God.

If we know His Word and His will, life is designed so that we hit the bulls-eye every time. The Lord wants us to do His will. He’s brings the testing so we’ll pass the test. Passing the test makes us trust Him more. The enemy brings all kinds of methods to cause us to miss the bulls-eye.