Jesus was tempted and resisted, and His Spirit lives in me. Therefore, I am equipped with His power to resist temptation. Also, I am so glad that my God is not wicked, or tempted by evil. He is good and absolutely holy.
20 Immediately they left their nets and followed him.
Immediately they left… IMMEDIATELY. Oh that I would be so quick and trusting to follow God wherever He has called me!
I like to connect this verse when I am struggling with life. God allows these struggles to happen, but He controls how far they go. He is good and knows how much we can endure to prove our faith genuine.
The Job chapters and Matthew 4 really tied together to me. As humans, we like to question what God wants for us. As God reminds Job, who are we to question what He does? In Matthew 4, Satan challenges Jesus with “If you are the Son of God…”. Who is Satan to question Jesus? As humans, we are constantly asking God for proof that He does exist, when our life alone is proof enough. We are accountable to Him, not the other way around.
Also, in Matthew 4, I had to laugh out loud at Satan showing Jesus the kingdoms and saying if you bow down I will grant you all of this. Satan was offering up what God already owned. The way I interpreted this was that God created the angels, and Satan seems to have forgotten that God created him and all of the earth. When Satan fell, God granted him dominion over the earth, but never actually turned over the deed for land, correct? So Satan has a lease on it, and was offering up all the kingdoms and their glory to Jesus, when it wasn’t even his to give. It reminds me of those swindlers that try to sell someone else’s stuff without permission.
16 the people living in darkness
have seen a great light;
on those living in the land of the shadow of death
a light has dawned.”
17 From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”
24 News about him spread all over Syria, and people brought to him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering severe pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed; and he healed them.
He will heal all those in pain or need, if it is his will. Those few verses are so powerful! If we are living in darkness we shall see a great light, and that light will be God! We must also preach to others, for the Kingdom of God IS near.
I love Jesus’ response when satan tempted him! But if I’m being honest, I get lost in all the words of the passages in Job, not really sure what they mean. Matthew 4 ties it together nicely, in that Job was being tested as Jesus would also be tested — but other than that it’s all going over my head :-/
It’s suppose to be a poem, so I find that remembering it’s supposed to sound lyrical helps me!
I agree though, Job has been difficult to read. remembering
Well when I read Job I think it’s important to remember what the book is all about. You see this book is about suffering and we see throughout the poetry different people laying out their ideas about why there is suffering. We see Job’s friends telling Job that he has no right to ask God those difficult questions like why does suffering happen to good people… and yet that is not what God says – God rewards Job for coming to him and pouring out his heart. In this chapter what the elaborate poetry is showing is the mega greatness and mighty nature of our God. God is reminding Job that he sees the full picture and even though for Job it’s too hard to understand (like it is with us) that God is so amazing that he sees absolutely everything and knows all the reasons. He is reassuring Job that the only answer that makes sense is that God is so so great and magnificent and Job should find his comfort in that knowledge of who God is!
Jesus was tempted and resisted, and His Spirit lives in me. Therefore, I am equipped with His power to resist temptation. Also, I am so glad that my God is not wicked, or tempted by evil. He is good and absolutely holy.
20 Immediately they left their nets and followed him.
Immediately they left… IMMEDIATELY. Oh that I would be so quick and trusting to follow God wherever He has called me!
11 and said, ‘Thus far shall you come, and no farther,
and here shall your proud waves be stayed’?
I like to connect this verse when I am struggling with life. God allows these struggles to happen, but He controls how far they go. He is good and knows how much we can endure to prove our faith genuine.
What a great connection! Thank you for sharing
The Job chapters and Matthew 4 really tied together to me. As humans, we like to question what God wants for us. As God reminds Job, who are we to question what He does? In Matthew 4, Satan challenges Jesus with “If you are the Son of God…”. Who is Satan to question Jesus? As humans, we are constantly asking God for proof that He does exist, when our life alone is proof enough. We are accountable to Him, not the other way around.
Also, in Matthew 4, I had to laugh out loud at Satan showing Jesus the kingdoms and saying if you bow down I will grant you all of this. Satan was offering up what God already owned. The way I interpreted this was that God created the angels, and Satan seems to have forgotten that God created him and all of the earth. When Satan fell, God granted him dominion over the earth, but never actually turned over the deed for land, correct? So Satan has a lease on it, and was offering up all the kingdoms and their glory to Jesus, when it wasn’t even his to give. It reminds me of those swindlers that try to sell someone else’s stuff without permission.
16 the people living in darkness
have seen a great light;
on those living in the land of the shadow of death
a light has dawned.”
17 From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”
24 News about him spread all over Syria, and people brought to him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering severe pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed; and he healed them.
Thy will be done Lord!
He will heal all those in pain or need, if it is his will. Those few verses are so powerful! If we are living in darkness we shall see a great light, and that light will be God! We must also preach to others, for the Kingdom of God IS near.
I love Jesus’ response when satan tempted him! But if I’m being honest, I get lost in all the words of the passages in Job, not really sure what they mean. Matthew 4 ties it together nicely, in that Job was being tested as Jesus would also be tested — but other than that it’s all going over my head :-/
I feel the same way!! It’s easy to get lost in all the words!allallwordsworks
Woah, don’t know what happened there! * in all the words!
It’s suppose to be a poem, so I find that remembering it’s supposed to sound lyrical helps me!
I agree though, Job has been difficult to read. remembering
Well when I read Job I think it’s important to remember what the book is all about. You see this book is about suffering and we see throughout the poetry different people laying out their ideas about why there is suffering. We see Job’s friends telling Job that he has no right to ask God those difficult questions like why does suffering happen to good people… and yet that is not what God says – God rewards Job for coming to him and pouring out his heart. In this chapter what the elaborate poetry is showing is the mega greatness and mighty nature of our God. God is reminding Job that he sees the full picture and even though for Job it’s too hard to understand (like it is with us) that God is so amazing that he sees absolutely everything and knows all the reasons. He is reassuring Job that the only answer that makes sense is that God is so so great and magnificent and Job should find his comfort in that knowledge of who God is!
Amazing truly amazing!
I love how it says they left their boats AT ONCE. No questions of their comfortable lifestyle, just trust.