Bible Reading #4 & #5
Okay, I've got to write about yesterday's and today's reading. Yesterday, the sermon that our pastor preached corresponded DIRECTLY to the our reading in Matthew 4. It was about the temptation Jesus faced in the wilderness, and it was very insightful. The main thing I gleaned was that each of the temptations Jesus faced were things that would one day be fulfilled - but in God's time and manner. It would not be done the easy way, nor any shortcut taken.
For example, he tempted Jesus to jump all off the temple to prove to everyone He was the Messiah. How tempting that must have been...He could have proven to all within sight of the temple that He WAS Messiah. If He did not "take the bait", He would instead have to endure the cross, and STILL not convince all of His status as God's Son. That won't be fulfilled until His Final Return. This quote struck home with me: "What Satan promises in partiality, God fulfills in totality."
So when we're tempted to take the easy way out, trying to get to something that we firmly believe that is God's will, we should remember that it's God's will when the Right Thing happens in the Right Way, at the Right Time.
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