My computer was in for repairs so I missed several days. They will follow one after the other

I was thinking about Jesus’ question to the mob when they came to arrest Him. John 18:4 says, “Jesus therefore, knowing all things that would cone upon Him, went forward and said to them, Whom are you seeking?”

When you feel empty or distraught, who or what do you seek? When Jesus had fasted 40 days and nights, how did the devil tempt Him? He used His hunger. His stomach was empty. Luke 4:3 says, “And the devil said to Him, If You are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.”

The devil will tempt us through whatever we perceive is our lack. Perceive is the operative word. Basing our perception on a fleshly want, opens the door to be drawn in by the enticing lure. Our warning comes from James 1:14. It says, “But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed.”

From there, verse 15 says, “Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin…” The desire germinates as we dialogue with it instead of fleeing the lusty suggestion.