Luke 4:4
Most manufactured products are sold with a user
manual for easy understanding of the components, functions, and usage by the
users. And the more complex a product is, the more detailed its accompanying
manual will be to help the end users make the most of it.
We, humans, are of higher stock in terms of
things manufactured, as we are formed by God through an intricate biological
process that eventually results in our birth. Whereas the birth does not
signify the end of our production process, it only signals a fresh round of
making, which is called the formation process.
From the moment we are born, we require food in
various forms for survival, and if we are deprived of it for a length of time,
we may die.
Jesus, having fasted for 40 whole days without
food, knew what it was like to feel tired and hungry. Naturally, after
completed the fasting, the next thing on His mind should be food. But, when the
devil appeared and tempted Him with food – the very thing that should be
uppermost in His hierarchy of needs at that time – Jesus did not hesitate
before declaring, literally, ‘humans need more than food to live; most
importantly, humans need the word of God to live.’
By so saying, He affirmed that in the hierarchy
of things required to live, the Word of God comes before food. So, when Satan
tempted Him with food, He replied that He needed something more than food to
be. The word of God is the manual for human survival. God does not expect us to
live or do anything in the absence of it.
You will succeed in Jesus Name!
