You know me Ben, therefore you know my response is gona be just "out there". I will speak on my decades ( I feel old) of my walk with the Lord. Satan will tempt in areas we are weak... he wont waste his time in strong areas. He is out to win in the spiritual battle. So, knowing his strategies, when I am in a place of temptation I will BOLDLY APPROACH THE THRONE OF GRACE...why?....because there is NO CONDEMNATION for those in Christ. I will ask the Lord WHY I feel tempted or even fallen in that temptation. The Lord will then show me either damage done in me, something lacking in me that I haven't asked the Lord to fill, or an area in my spirit I havent protected properly because the boundary lines have shift . ( Boundaries are a topic all of their own). Once I have the understanding of WHY it is a temptation I can then defeat the enemy IN THAT AREA. When the Son sets you free you are free indeed. Once I have overcome an area in my life THROUGH Jesus I have never returned to it. I loose all interest. My thinking and understanding has changed and I have been restored. Look at Jesus temptation in the wilderness. Satan targeted a certain area. He didn't throw in a naked woman in front of him as a "sexual" distraction or temptation because that would not have worked with Jesus. Even though he was a man he was also God...the creator of both men and women. He created women. Why would he even look at a woman in the same light as a man would? His understanding of a woman and her form was far beyond any man would understand because he was God AND a perfect man walking in absolute pure holiness. What Satan did do was try to tempt Jesus into NOT going to the cross.. saving him hours of suffering... by offering him the Kingdoms of the earth.Satan also kept trying to "creep in the back door" by goading Jesus to rise up in pride. Repeatedly he said "if" you are the son of God. Speaking TRUTH without rising up in pride and anger to defend yourself is not easy.
If you are tempted in any area of your life then Satan sees it is a weakness in you. If it continues then you are not free in that area in Christ. It needs to be healed, restored, set free in that area. We can do ALL things THROUGH Christ who strengthens us. Trying to figure it out ourselves or try to defeat it in our own strength will lead to good days and bad and never being an OVERCOMER. Some days we will resists other days fail and look to the Lord for his mercy. We are called to be OVERCOMERS and only through Christ can we do that.
If you are tempted in any area of your life then Satan sees it is a weakness in you. If it continues then you are not free in that area in Christ. It needs to be healed, restored, set free in that area. We can do ALL things THROUGH Christ who strengthens us. Trying to figure it out ourselves or try to defeat it in our own strength will lead to good days and bad and never being an OVERCOMER. Some days we will resists other days fail and look to the Lord for his mercy. We are called to be OVERCOMERS and only through Christ can we do that.