A Quiet Victory
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· 6 viewsSometimes, life's greatest victories are won far from the bright lights of the main stage. They are fought and won in the wilderness. In solitude. But they set the stage for greater victories to come. In this season of fasting and prayer, we have the chance to win quiet victories that will yield greater ones. This is what Jesus did in his forty days of fasting in the wilderness. May his grace be on us to experience the same.
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Jesus was a man
Jesus was a man
It was about testing and proving Jesus for the work of the Messiah.
15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin.
Temptation 1: Disobedience
Temptation 1: Disobedience
What were the tests?
What were the tests?
3 He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your ancestors had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.
Temptation 2: Disdain
Turning stone into bread.
Temptation 2: Disdain
Temptation 2: Disdain
13 Fear the Lord your God, serve him only and take your oaths in his name. 14 Do not follow other gods, the gods of the peoples around you;
Temptation 3: Despair
Temptation 3: Despair
Temptation 3: Despair
Worshiping Satan in order to rule the kingdoms of the world.
16 Do not put the Lord your God to the test as you did at Massah.
Jumping off a high point of the Temple.
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7 And he called the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarreled and because they tested the Lord saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”
What was the significance of each test?
What was the significance of each test?
A Quiet Victory
A Quiet Victory
Turning stone into bread would have been sin in two ways.
He would have broken his fast early, which was disobedience to the Spirit’s purpose in leading him into the wilderness. The completion would have been forty days, which stood for forty years in the wilderness for the Israelites.
Before the cross, before the resurrection, there was the temptation. There were quiet, desperate moments where Jesus wrestled with God and the devil. It is in these unseen battles, far from the lights of the stage, that we win the quiet victories that set us up for the public ones.
It would have also been disobedience because he would be operating as a self-reliant miracle worker. Rather than prioritizing obedience to God’s word and direction, Jesus would be self-directed, or even Satan-directed, using his own power to provide for himself according to his own purposes.
By passing the test, Jesus proves himself to be obedient to God’s purposes and direction, an essential quality for the Messiah.
Obedience
Trust
Hope
Will enable you to persevere into the breakthrough. And when you breakthrough, others will breakthrough after you.
