Verses: Luke 4 : 1 - 13
My thoughts about the verses:
Can you imagine being in the desert for 40 days. You haven't eaten for the entire time because you are fasting and worshiping God. Then the devil comes to you and says here turn this rock into bread and you can eat. The Devil knew that Jesus was the Messiah and he was trying to tempt him so that he could make him fall like he had done to both Adam and Eve. Yet, Jesus says no we don't live by earthly food but spiritual food.
You can see the anger on Satan's face. So he realizes that he will have to do something much bigger than just getting Jesus to fill his belly with basic needs. So he then shows Jesus all the Kingdoms of the Earth. He tells him that God has given him this and he says if you worship me I will give it to you. Jesus doesn't fall to the need to have power. Instead he tells Satan that he is only to worship God.
So the Evil One comes up with a different plan if you love God so much prove it. He takes Jesus to a high mountain and says jump. You know that God will not let you be hurt. The Angels will come to help you. Yet Jesus says once again no we are not to test God.
There are some very important lessons that we can take from this. First God will provide our needs we are not to be tempted by people wanting us to do bad to fill those needs. Secondly we are not to want to be better than God. We are not to desire fame and glory. We need to be humble and allow God to be the most important thing in our life. Lastly, we are not supposed to go out and tempt God. God is not supposed to be tested and prove the power that the Almighty has. Instead we are to have faith that God is powerful and can save us.
40 days does seem like a long time to be tempted and fast. 40 days is a long time to wander the wilderness doing nothing by worshiping God. Yet there is significance for the 40 days. The Israelites wondered the wilderness for 40 years because they had done all the things that Jesus was tempted to do. He was able to restore his community because he was able to replace their 40 years of wondering due to their sin with his 40 days of wandering in the wilderness.
Prayer:
Dear God thank you for loving us. Thank you for showing us how to live through Jesus's example. Help us not to fall into temptation. Help keep us safe as we travel throughout the Earth. Help keep us focused on doing your will not ours. In your Holy Name we pray. Amen
Questions:
Could you have handled 40 days fasting? How would you have handled those temptations? Have you fallen into the temptations around us because of their beauty? Are you ready to ask God to forgive you of your trespasses? Are you willing to put God first in your life?
My thoughts about the verses:
Can you imagine being in the desert for 40 days. You haven't eaten for the entire time because you are fasting and worshiping God. Then the devil comes to you and says here turn this rock into bread and you can eat. The Devil knew that Jesus was the Messiah and he was trying to tempt him so that he could make him fall like he had done to both Adam and Eve. Yet, Jesus says no we don't live by earthly food but spiritual food.
You can see the anger on Satan's face. So he realizes that he will have to do something much bigger than just getting Jesus to fill his belly with basic needs. So he then shows Jesus all the Kingdoms of the Earth. He tells him that God has given him this and he says if you worship me I will give it to you. Jesus doesn't fall to the need to have power. Instead he tells Satan that he is only to worship God.
So the Evil One comes up with a different plan if you love God so much prove it. He takes Jesus to a high mountain and says jump. You know that God will not let you be hurt. The Angels will come to help you. Yet Jesus says once again no we are not to test God.
There are some very important lessons that we can take from this. First God will provide our needs we are not to be tempted by people wanting us to do bad to fill those needs. Secondly we are not to want to be better than God. We are not to desire fame and glory. We need to be humble and allow God to be the most important thing in our life. Lastly, we are not supposed to go out and tempt God. God is not supposed to be tested and prove the power that the Almighty has. Instead we are to have faith that God is powerful and can save us.
40 days does seem like a long time to be tempted and fast. 40 days is a long time to wander the wilderness doing nothing by worshiping God. Yet there is significance for the 40 days. The Israelites wondered the wilderness for 40 years because they had done all the things that Jesus was tempted to do. He was able to restore his community because he was able to replace their 40 years of wondering due to their sin with his 40 days of wandering in the wilderness.
Prayer:
Dear God thank you for loving us. Thank you for showing us how to live through Jesus's example. Help us not to fall into temptation. Help keep us safe as we travel throughout the Earth. Help keep us focused on doing your will not ours. In your Holy Name we pray. Amen
Questions:
Could you have handled 40 days fasting? How would you have handled those temptations? Have you fallen into the temptations around us because of their beauty? Are you ready to ask God to forgive you of your trespasses? Are you willing to put God first in your life?
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