The Angels Came And Waited On Him
Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit
into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. He fasted forty days and forty
nights, and afterwards he was famished. Them tempter came and said to him, “If
you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.” But he
answered, “It is written, ‘One does not live by bread alone, but by every word
that comes from the mouth of God.’”
Then the devil took him to the holy
city and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple, saying to him, “If you are
the Son of God, throw yourself down; for it is written, ‘He will command his
angels concerning you,’ and ‘On their hands they will bear you up, so that you
will not dash your foot against a stone.’” Jesus said to him, “Again it is
written, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”
Again, the devil took him to a very
high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor;
and he said to him, “All these I will give you, if you fall down and worship
me.” Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! for it
is written, ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve only him.’” Then the devil
left him, and suddenly angels came and waited on him.
We are all urged to walk with the
Lord. We fail. We fall down. We try again. The difference is that we have our
Lord, ready to pick us up, if we simply accept Him as our Savior.
We will face enticements in our lives.
Maybe we are offered a job that would require us to compromise our biblical
principles. Just remember that our calling is to do God’s will.
When we are confronted with a
temptation to stray from God’s way for our life, we must remember that we have
a higher calling as servants of Jesus.
To conquer
sin, nip it in the bud of temptation.
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