I’ll never forget the first time I faced a Hunter in Halo… actually, make that TWO Hunters since they like to work in pairs. They were the most powerful enemies that I had faced in the game at that point, and I quickly found that running up to them while unloading my weapons in an attempt to overwhelm them with brute force was a pretty ineffective strategy. Even the Master Chief was no match for them in a head-to-head battle of strength vs. strength, but there was a hidden path to victory buried beneath their seemingly impenetrable armor… a cluster of exposed nerves on their back concealed a weak point that was easily exploited if I chose to patiently pursue the solution the game developers designed  for me instead of trying to push through it my own way.

No matter what situation we find ourselves in today, the Lord will always be faithful to provide a solution to every predicament and a way to escape each temptation we face… but these answers are typically “hidden in plain sight” and are only revealed when we choose to follow Him in blind faith. Just as the Lord’s hidden provision for Abraham only appeared after he obediently offered his son, it is only when we fully commit ourselves to relying on the Lord’s strength and following the directions He has provided that His answer for our situation will finally come into view.

By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son. Then Abraham lifted his eyes and looked, and there behind him was a ram caught in a thicket by its horns. So Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it up for a burnt offering instead of his son. And Abraham called the name of the place, The-Lord-Will-Provide; as it is said to this day, “In the Mount of the Lord it shall be provided.” Hebrews 11:17, Genesis 22:13-14

No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it. 1 Corinthians 10:13

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