"An Opportunity To Do The Right Thing"

The moment you become God’s child, Satan, like a mobster hit man, put out a 'contract' on you. You are his enemy, and he’s plotting your downfall...[yet] Every temptation is an opportunity to do good. On the path to spiritual maturity, even temptation becomes a stepping-stone rather than a stumbling block when you realize that it is just as much an occasion to do the right thing as it is to do the wrong thing. Temptation simply provides the choice…Every time you choose to do good instead of sin, you are growing in the character of Christ.

Rick Warren
The Purpose Driven Life 201-206