Full Armor of God Diet

After Jesus had fasted for 40 days and 40 nights in the wilderness, Satan decided to try the old appetite temptation on Jesus. And why not? He used appetite to tempt Eve, and it worked. Of course Satan would try it out on Jesus. But Jesus was ready with his sword, the word of God, which is part of the Armor of God. He had a response ready for this temptation (and all of the other temptations as well). In Matthew, we can read about Jesus' response to Satan's temptation after Jesus' 40-day fast.

'The tempter came to him and said, "If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread." Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.' " Matthew 4:3, 4 (NIV) Satan was tempting Jesus to use his divine power to satisfy his need for food. Jesus' response to Satan indicates that Jesus knew he didn't need food to survive right then, but that He did need the word of God. In fact, Jesus used the Word of God to resist temptation.

This is a wonderful reminder to me that my life is not filled by bread, but by God's word. Jesus also gives us a perfect example of how to resist temptation--by using the Word of God. Jesus quoted scripture to Satan in response to the temptations. The Bible verse from which Jesus was quoting is found in Deuteronomy:

"And He humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know, that He might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live." (Deuteronomy 8:30)

We can follow Jesus example and use the word of God in response to Satan's temptations. Jesus will be right there to help us. The verse Jesus responded with to Satan reminds us that to live, we need the Word of God. Quite often, we need the Word of God to fill our souls way more than we need bread to fill our tummies.