Jesus faces temptation.
Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert where He fasted for 40 days. I can only image how weak and tired Jesus felt after being in the wilderness for that long without food. Even though He was fully God, He still was contained in a human body and shared our same frailty.
After 40 days, the devil showed up. He always knows the right time to strike: when we are weak. Up until this point, Jesus is probably the weakest He has ever been in His physical body and the devil was not going to miss the opportunity to try to make the Son of God stumble. We know that Jesus was the only perfect person who never committed any sin. Being tempted is not a sin; giving into temptation is where it becomes sin. Jesus did exactly what we should all do when under attack from the devil: He armed Himself with scripture. He fought Satan with the Truth, and Satan had no choice but to flee.
We all suffer from times of weakness. The devil is cunning and knows that attacking us when we are weak increases the chances of us falling. I think one of the many amazing things about serving a God who was once human is this: He knows exactly what is like to be tempted. He understands what we go through on a daily basis. And He showed us a never-failing way to deal with temptation.
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