Consider what may happen when you finally overcome evil and live honorably among others. You may then be attacked by a new trial, the trial of boredom with the tedium of a good life. Sin no longer attracts you but now God’s word gives you no pleasure.

—Augustine, Commentary on the Psalms, 106.6

Have you ever considered this? Augustine reminds us that in our broken state, it is possible to overcome sin and then miss its excitement. It is possible to live a boring life of being good. This, of course, simply reminds us to be vigilant and ask for God’s grace in every circumstance so that we do not open ourselves back up to sin’s allurements.