A thought about temptation
Fran Woods
We read in Matthew 4:1-11 that Jesus was tempted to take matters into his own hands to achieve his goals:
- to satisfy hunger
- to get God to do what he wants
- to get world from Satan by any means
He was tempted to move from absolute trust in God to helping God our by his own efforts.
No matter how "hungry" I am to achieve a goal I am to trust Jesus and not help God out by self-effort, manipulation, or idolatrous submission to someone or something else.
Copyright 2002 Fran Woods
