Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. The tempter came to him and said, "If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread."
Jesus answered,
"It is written: Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God."
Matthew 4:1-4 NIV
This week we watched a YouTube programme on fasting. The average male can fast for a max of... 40 days!
After 40 days you'd be at the end of your physical resources, all energy stores in your body would be depleted.
That's where Jesus was. At the end.
Hungry.
And then the testing begins.
The testing wasn't the going without food, it was what are you going to rely on when you get to the end of your resources...
What do you believe when your strength is gone?
Jesus relied on God's Word.
#truth
#faith
#testing
#believe
Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation, for through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can't see - such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything was created through him and for him. Colossians 1:15-16 NLT OK so this is an English translation of a letter Paul wrote to a church 2,000 years ago, but does it feel like Paul is wrestling with words and ideas to try and capture all of who Jesus is, of who God is, of how does it work that the walking around Jesus was also there before the beginning of the beginning of everything we can see and touch and know. Not only that but Jesus was somehow the agent of everything that has been made in the physical, social, and spiritual. Jesus is at the centre of it all. Walking around Jesus. Cooking fish for breakfast Jesus. Heart aching as he looks at p
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