# 227 Hello friend. Today’s Living Word comes from Mark 1:13 “And He was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan, and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered to Him.”
The Spirit has descended upon Jesus and drives Him out into the wilderness. What a reception committee for our Lord! Satan and wild beasts! These could be literal wild beasts, or they could be symbolic of demons. Whatever the case, Satan and some other unpleasant things were waiting for the Son of Man.
To tempt someone in the evil sense is to try and entangle them in sin, or to show them unapproved. Think about the preceding events here. God had just publicly stated that this was His beloved Son in whom He is well pleased, and now Jesus is face to face with Satan who is bent on showing God that His Son isn’t so well pleasing after all.
Isn’t that just the way it goes. You and I have a mountaintop experience with the Lord, we get just a glimpse of His love and good pleasure toward us, and Satan and his demons are never far behind, trying to bring us down.
Remember that tactic of his and be ready for it as Jesus was, He didn’t counter with fond memories of the emotional high....He countered Satan’s attack with the Word of God.
I’m Duane Matz and that’s today’s Living Word.
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