Daily Devotion for DECEMBER 2

DAILY DEVOTION #3 (The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe)

When the witch tempts Edmund with Turkish Delight, she knows his weak point (Achilles’ heel). She knows he can’t say “no.” It’s his favorite thing in the whole world. Notice that there is nothing wrong with Turkish Delight. It tastes good. It’s fun to eat. There is nothing sinful about Turkish Delight. What is sinful is how the Turkish Delight is used. It is the beginning of Edmund’s betrayal of his brother and sisters. The Turkish delight is used by the witch to help Edmund to make a bad choice.

In our own lives, there are Turkish Delights, that are not sinful, but the temptation is how it can be used to make a bad choice.

SCRIPTURE: 7: 15 & 16B

15 I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. 16 And if I do what I do not want to do,