"...but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it."
(1Cor. 10:13)
God doesn't take away the temptation, but rather provides a way to bear up under it. He doesn't take away the one when supplying the other. Joseph's temptress remained after his escape. And the three Hebrew children were still in the fire although it did not have any effect upon them.
And so it is with such things as peace; turmoil still remains. Just as affliction continues once grace has entered into the picture. And the blahs linger on, even when joy has replaced them. And what warrior has not known the enemy to still fight long after you have won the victory?
And why does God permit this? Simply because we would never know the one was legitimate if the other were absent. Generally it takes the negative to prove the positive. In such cases you do not deny the reality of the former, but its right to rule.
Enjoying the blessings of the Christian life is found in one word, "appropriation" (the act of taking for one's own). And it's accomplished by faith!
(rds)
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