And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
Matt. 4:2-4
Jesus was tempted concerning food when He was hungry.
He answered Satan by declaring the Word concerning food.
He has left an example for us how to overcome in temptations: confess in faith God’s Word that answers the temptation.
Lord, may I overcome by declaring the Word the Spirit gives me.
“Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.” Prov. 8:34
Lord, I wait to hear your voice: speak to me.
Partaking of Christ — living bread from heaven — sustains our spiritual life.
“As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.” John 6:57
Lord, may I hunger for the bread from heaven, and eat of it.
“As soon as we put aside the Word of God, we lay ourselves open to the solicitation of the many voices that speak within our hearts…. We must not content ourselves with the Spirit without the written Word or with the Word without the Spirit… The Word is the chosen vehicle of the Spirit.”
F.B. Meyer, quoted in His Victorious Indwelling, Nick Harrison
“Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of hosts.” Jeremiah 15:16
Lord, may the Holy Spirit remind me to confess your Word in temptations.
Father, let me love your Word, eat it as my food for the inner man, and live by it.
You give me daily bread, O Father (Matt. 6:11).
May my heart be awake to hear your voice as you speak morning by morning (Isa. 50:4).
Lord, let me eat your Word, and live. Let me wait for the Word that proceeds from your mouth.
Lord, speak to your servant through your Word.
May my heart thirst for Your Word – the living Word, even Christ. Amen.