“For since he himself has suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.” (v. 18)

What do you do when you are tempted?

I know what I do—too often, and for shame. I wrestle temptation for a moment, then I fall back on grace, while I willingly permit the stumble. I don’t seek help with the temptation; I seek help with my sin’s consequence.

Yet the glorious truth of Christ is that He helps us in our temptation! He knows the feeling. He knows the wrestle. And He conquered it all—fully, perfectly, wondrously—so that you and I might be freed!

The writer of Hebrews reminds us that we are neither alone nor abandoned when temptation comes. And, because there is help to be found in Christ, we ought to come to Him then, in the “now” of temptation rather than just the “later” of repentance.

Pray for me, as I try to remember that. I’ll pray for you, too.

— Tyler