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Reflections On the Temptations of Christ

The general perspectives on the temptations of Christ, namely on the temptation to yield to the demand of the flesh, the temptation to be overwhelmed by the desire for worldly prosperity, and the temptation to be lax about keeping to the prudence of obeying the laws, we are to focus always upon the top priority God commands and deserves that we give Him over all aspects of living, specially when we're pressured to give preference to and for the worldly concerns.

For instance, if and when we're troubled by certain particular lack or inadequacy in our physical life we are not to readily succumb to the worldly psychology of feared withdrawal pains or anguish. No impaired emotion or unrequited feeling is beyond the cure of grace. Bottom-line, God is above his creation, God himself can satisfy any need of inadequacy. And, of course, in general terms, hunger for food could be survived per satisfaction of our prime need for the word of God. God's solace and assurances have the power to make man survive his hunger.

Then, with respect to the attraction and fantasy of material prosperity or any form of worldly recognition and fame, all of these are vanities and surely fleeting and very ephemeral in relation to our supposed primal recognizing of God in our life. We make sure God is the ultimate like and desire of our living; and all things pleasurable and delightful to us consequentially get providentially obtained for us by our caring heavenly Father, who knows each of our every need in life.

Finally, with respect to all attitude or spirit of human and worldly conquest and exploring demonstrative and fulfilling the human love for daring and prominence, whether physically or mentally, no endeavour is worth the human achieving if it is directly and irreverently breaking any single law or precept of God. Any manner of a "tower-of-Babel-like" overachieving attempt by man, which dares to put man above Divine commandment or precept is bound both to failure and futile exercise of human prominence.

Bottom-line, man must never play like "god" before his God, his Creator and :Lord.