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

Return to Reflections  Index

Home

Faith | Father Heart of God | Fruit | God the builder | Gratitude | Humble before God | Longing for God | On the Water | Perishable Body - Eternal Soul/S | Release to Pursue Choices | Safe Place | Temptation | Tempting Others | Tin of Ham | Up - Down | Heart for God

This page was last updated 07/26/08