Looking at Jesus

 It started sometime last year; I decided to read the Bible chronologically alongside the Conflict of the Ages Series. This has been such a blessing to me and has helped me to understand the Bible more and where things fit in. Somewhere during the course of reading I felt a lack in my life. I wanted to know Jesus more. I desired more than ever before to reflect God's character. Each day we as Christians should be drawing closer to Jesus day by day. Walking with Him and talking with Him. Beyond that talking of Him.

When I finished Prophets and Kings I was so excited to begin the gospels. I am trying to go slowly learning and digesting rather than rushing through things. This morning I was reading about the temptations. Jesus met every temptation with a "It is written..." and when He was younger and his brothers wanted him to do something he shouldn't he met them with a "thus saith the Lord..." Throughout His whole life Jesus was saturated with the scriptures. He loved God and therefore loved the Word of God. He spent time learning the word of God so that He knew God and would know the will of God and so He could meet temptation. It so important that we look to Jesus as our example how to live. Just as he faced temptation young and old with scripture we can do the same thing. Whatever our situation demands there is a promise and/or command for us. When we are faced with temptation we should do as Jesus and turn our faces to God and lean on His word to help us overcome!

Verse for this week: "Deliver me in your righteousness, and cause me to escape; Incline your ear to me, and save me." - Ps 71:2 NKJV