#Wordfortheweek 2019 Week 10 #Hunger for what?

Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He was hungry. Now when the tempter came to Him, he said, “If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.” But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’” Matthew 4:1‭-‬4 NKJV‬

The devil is a liar and the father of liars.  The first of the three temptations of Christ in the wilderness is very illuminating and a lesson for us believers.  Satan started with “If you are the Son of God...’ He knew who Jesus was – the Son of God, there was no dispute about that but what was he trying to do?

Satan came at a point of need. Jesus was hungry after a period of forty days fasting. He did not come when Jesus was not hungry. We must be particularly alert when there is a hunger in us for something. When we are hungry for something we want to feed it. Some people become desperate and would do anything. Esau sold his birth right to feed his hunger. Desperation and hunger are a destiny changing combination.

"If you are the Son of God command these stones become bread". 

Satan knew the identity of Christ and the power in Him, but he wanted to corrupt the use of this power. In our quest to fill our hunger do we mis-use our identity? In the world people will use their fathers name to get what they want. As believers do we use the name of the Lord for selfish reasons? What do you decree and declare as a child of God – to push back darkness? Or to meet your freshly desire?

It started with a case of bread to fill a physical hunger, but Christ pointed out a deeper hunger that is most important to fill. Many believers are consumed with making a living that there is little or no time to feed on the Word. They live to feed their physical desires neglecting their spiritual needs.

In our hunger for worldly desires, have we neglected our eternal needs? Our identity in Christ requires us to feed on the word of Elohim God. Do not be consumed by your physical desires that you would be willing to sell your soul to the devil.

#prayerfortheweek
Almighty Father, thank You for the gift of my life and salvation. Help me not to live on bread alone but to feed on Your word in every areas of my life. Give me wisdom to resist temptation and the tempter so that he flees from me. In Christ Jesus I pray Amen
I pray this inspires you to be more and do more for Yeshua Ha Mashiach (Jesus Christ). Spend this week to meditate on the passage and take relevant step to live out your faith.
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