He Was Hungry...

Talk about an understatement:

“…for forty days He was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry.”

Ya think?

Jesus is amazing. That is also an understatement.

The devil came at our Saviour after forty days. Ha.

Put simply Jesus is hardcore, the devil is not. Jesus is so hardcore, so crazy in love with us, and His creation that even forty days in the desert without food could not rob His resolve in going all the way to the cross for you and I.

I am prepared to follow Jesus into the desert – as long as He comes with me.

Sometimes I feel like I am in the desert. I feel hungry, confused, lost, alone and out of control. You?

Sometimes I’m good, fired up, passionate, excited, happy.

Either way I always need Jesus.

I am thankful that He has been in the desert too. I am thankful that He knows just what it feels like. I am thankful that He overcame hunger and temptation and I am thankful that because of Him, and in Him, and through Him I have and I am able to conquer hunger and every temptation, and every circumstance that life might throw at me.

I’m glad that what Jesus has done for me is also true for you. I’m glad that you’re with me.

If you are in a desert place – Jesus has been there too.

If you are being tempted – Jesus was tempted too.

If you are in a moment of desperate hunger – Jesus was hungry too.

“Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has gone through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet was without sin. Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.” – Hebrews 4:14-16

Bless ya.