He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of the heart
Joshua 6:18
But you, keep yourselves from the things devoted to destruction, lest when you have devoted them you take any of the devoted things and make the camp of Israel a thing for destruction and bring trouble upon it.
Deuteronomy 20:17
but you shall devote them to complete destruction, the Hittites and the Amorites, the Canaanites and the Perizzites, the Hivites and the Jebusites, as the Lord your God has commanded, that they may not teach you to do according to all their abominable practices that they have done for their gods, and so you sin against the Lord your God
1 Chronicles 2:7
The son of Carmi:Achan, the troubler of Israel, who broke faith in the matter of the devoted thing
Joshua 7:10
The Lord said to Joshua, “Get up! Why have you fallen on your face? Israel has sinned; they have transgressed my covenant that I commanded them; they have taken some of the devoted things; they have stolen and lied and put them among their own belongings. Therefore the people of Israel cannot stand before their enemies.
1 Corinthians 4:5
wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of the heart
There will always be temptations before us. Some of those we can turn from and never look back again. Others are seam to be right in front of us all the time and we can’t seem to shake them from our thoughts and wants. Each day seems to be a battle against our will and what God wants for us. Some of this want comes from our sinful nature and desire. The barrier to acting on these desires is God’s word and our desire and faith to honor and glorify Him. However we live in a sinful culture which easily can easily weaken our barrier if this is what is feeding our heart, mind, and soul. Think about it we spend all our waking hours in a lost world and what it sees as important. Trust me most if not all of what it chases after is contrary to God’s honor and glory. This is why we are continually reminded to write His laws and promises on our heart. Why we are reminded to meditated on these day and night. Why we are to write these on our door posts and teach them to our children. Why we are to continually worship Him. Why we are to be in continual prayer with Him. How are we to be a light to this world if those around us see no difference in us. How are we to recognize what is right, pure, holy, safe, wonderful, worth pursuing, if we don’t spend time with God and His word. Trust me one day a week in study, prayer, and fellowship with brothers and sisters in Christ will never equip us to fight the battles we face each day.