Noticed a little detail in today's reading of Matt4 and the temptation in the wilderness. v2 states that Christ doesn't become hungry until the end of the 40-day period of fasting. Where I can't go a few hours without feeling like I'm starving, Christ doesn't feel serious hunger pangs until after 40 days. And it is at that point that liar jumps in to offer temptation.
Liar could have come at any time during the 40 days of fasting, but he waits until the very end, waits until Christ's physical body responds in need before offering temptation. And it is a clear reminder to all that liar is smart; that liar is strategic; that of course temptations are tough to turn down, they are offered when we are literally at our weakest; and that only by the strength of God could we possibly win those encounters.
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