Temptation and Trust

On February 14th we embarked upon the period known as Lent. During Lent Christians all across the globe sacrifice something to symbolize what Christ gave up in His desert testing. 

Scriputre says in Luke chapter 4 that Jesus was “led by the Spirit” to go into the wilderness immediately after His baptism. 

Luke’s gospel also says he was tempted by the devil for 40 days and he ate nothing during those days. At the end of those days, he was hungry and exhausted and now we find beginning in the 3rd verse of Luke chapter 4 the devil engages in a time of severe testing of Jesus.