Knowing God - Matthew 4:4

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People do not live on bread alone,

but on every word that comes

from the mouth of God.

Matthew 4:4

 

I will often succumb to the temptation of a mid-afternoon candy bar.

 

Jesus fasted for forty days, and yet he still wouldn't succumb to the devilish temptation of earthly foods.

 

He quoted Deuteronomy 8:3. Moses was preparing God's people to enter the promised land -- and while doing so, to live faithfully. The verse begins with these words, "[the Lord] humbled you by letting you go hungry and then feeding you with manna."

 

I would summarize that as, "he brought you to a place of need ... then he met your need."

 

What we know from the midst of the Exodus story is one more piece: He brought them to a place of need, THEY CRIED FOR HELP, then God met their need."

 

Do you believe that God will bring us to a place of need? I do! Because when we're dependent on him, our relationship with him grows. And that -- rather than a mid-afternoon candy bar -- is really the purpose of live.

 

In Christ's Love,

a guy who needs to live

by more bread and less candy