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On the Journey...
(Weekly insights from FMC) July 23, 2014 submitted by Jared Beasley MaIn Matthew 4:1-11 Jesus is taken into the desert and
questioned by the devil, this text is familiar to us and although I have read
it many times, when I looked at it this week it struck me differently. I wondered if I were challenged in the same
way could I have answered without pride or ego.
Or would I have been tempted to “prove” the devil wrong? Satan first challenged Jesus very identity by
saying “If you are the son of God” then do this or do that. We know that Jesus countered with scripture
rather than being drawn in by what amounted to a dare. That response took more than an intimate
knowledge of scripture, Jesus could have easily become angry and offended and
responded in a way that “proved” something to Satan. That response would have shown that Jesus was
right, successful, and powerful. Instead
he responded humbly in the way he knew God wanted him to. He never defended himself, simply responding
with the words of his father. Our
culture teaches us that our reaction when we are challenged should be to defend
our “rightness”, we become personally insulted and tend to respond
forcefully. Next time I am challenged I
hope to have the presence of mind to respond humbly and wisely rather than
pridefully…….to provide an accurate and productive response rather than a
defensive one.
Jared Beasley
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