I am doomed.
Fighting temptation has never been as hard as it is in these crazy days of “stay-at-home” regulations. Food entrepreneurs have too much time on their hands.
I will be the first to admit I love chocolate. And potato chips. I face these weaknesses daily since my husband either loves to indulge me or enjoys watching me fight losing battles with temptation.
Now I have been dealt a double-whammy.
Word is now out that there’s a new Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup on the horizon: Reeses’s Big Cup with Potato Chips. Sweet and salty.
The rumored snack joins the latest cereal ideas for 2020: Oatmeal Crème Pies, a partnership between Kellogg’s and Little Debbie, and Hershey’s Kisses, Reese’s Puffs, Jolly Ranchers, and Hershey’s Cookies and Crème, all from General Mills.
Unfortunately, food giants know what appeals to our weaknesses and keep coming up with newer, flashier temptations.
“Just taste” the temptation
That is also the way Satan works.
He hits us where we are weakest. And if he can get us to “just taste” the temptation, he is hoping to hook us.
I have never been tempted with drugs—not in college, not in work . . . never. Satan knows that is not my weakness. But I am tempted in other areas. And he keeps coming up with newer, flashier ways to attack, making the temptation even more appealing. His goal is getting me to rationalize the action, the behavior, or lifestyle.
I recently saw a meme that spoke a lot of truth about how Satan works: “First we overlook evil. Then we permit evil. Then we legalize evil. Then we promote evil. Then we celebrate evil. Then we persecute those who still call it evil.”
This is happening in our culture today with actions God clearly identifies…
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