Luke 4 - 4.8.24

Scripture

Luke 4:13

When the devil had finished all this tempting, he left him until an opportune time.

Observation

This chapter is an account of Jesus’ 40 days in the wilderness, where He prayed/fasted and was tempted by the devil.  Scripture says that the Spirit led Him into this wilderness.  Jesus overcame every attack.  With every attack that the devil used, Jesus counteracted it with Scripture.  The devil also used Scripture to tempt Him.  The difference is that Jesus was able to discern that the devil was twisting it for evil, not good.

Application

Set aside daily time to be in God’s Word.

Spending time with Jesus through His Word is crucial! As amazing as Pastor Levi and Pastor Katie are, a Sunday sermon is not enough to sustain us until the following Sunday. A lead poster’s SOAP journal cannot sustain us.  A good sermon or inspirational message on YouTube cannot sustain us.  We need nourishment from His Word every single day. We must study and apply His Word everyday to be able to discern God’s voice vs. the enemy’s voice.  The devil knows scripture too, but Jesus is stronger than our adversary, so we must not let that scare us.  We will be able to discern good from evil because we have the Holy Spirit living inside of us.  We all get tempted by evil.  Even Jesus wasn’t exempt from it, but He overcame through knowing God’s Word.

Are we reading our Bible daily and letting His Word fill our minds and hearts, instead of all the other noise around us? 

“But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil.” -Hebrews 5:14

Let us train ourselves to study and apply his Word daily so that we could distinguish good from evil.

Prayer

Dear Lord,

Thank You for Your Word.  Thank You for our daily bible readings and SOAP blogs, where we discipline ourselves to be in Your Word. Holy Spirit, please help us to read, study and apply it to our lives so that we can overcome any evil and temptation the devil throws at us, just like You did. Thank You that we are overcomers through You Jesus. Amen!

-Michelle Gaddi