Drawn Away

James 1:14 reads, “But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.” During Bible times, many animals were caught by making traps. The trap would contain the kind of food that the animal liked to eat. When the animal started to eat the food, it would trigger the trap to close. Thus, the animal was caught because of its hunger. If the animal was not hungry, there would be no reason to enter the trap.

‘Drawn away’ comes from a Greek word referring to the hunger of the animal that brought it out of its hiding place and into the snare. Man is tempted in many ways, but man is not required to act in a wrong way. Man is not required to sin. Man has the ability to make choices. Just because something looks good does not mean that one should involve himself in it. When man sins, he must admit it is because his own hunger brought him to sin. Man cannot blame Satan or anyone else. He must take responsibility for his own sin.

Study your Bible. Learn all you can from it. Learn to look to God when you are tempted. Learn self-control. If any of this is hard to understand, ask an adult to help you.