More Than Fine…

Bread Please, Normal… Part 5

// September 15th, 2009 // Faith, Life

Pastor Julio was reading Matthew 4 at church one Sunday (where Jesus is led into the desert to be tempted by Satan) and it occurred to me that Satan tempts us in exactly the same way. He asks us to test God. He offers us things that are great in this world. He asks us to worship him and the things he offers.

Jesus was hungry and he offered Jesus exactly what he wanted in that moment, food. He does the same with us. He offers us that thing that seems so important in that moment and usually we cave. But he didn’t even offer good food. It wasn’t a nice steak or some ribs. It wasn’t even a Cuban sandwich or maybe a PB&J. It was just bread. How often do we are we willing to accept “bread” when are tempted? Jesus, turned the bread. Satan offered him all the kingdoms of the world. Most of us don’t even make it to the point of being offered all the kingdoms of the world. We’ll take some bread please. In the end, none of it has value but as long as we are compromising, lets give ourselves some perspective on the situation by taking a long hard look at the things we are willing to settle for. How many of them will last past that moment? How many times do we settle for things we won’t even remember the next hour or day much less the next month or year? And what price do we pay for these things that so quickly lose your value?

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