“People Do Not Live By Bread Alone.”

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Genesis 9; Genesis 10; Genesis 11; Luke 4

“People 

Do Not Live 

By Bread Alone.”

Scripture

Luke 4

² where he was tempted by the devil for forty days. Jesus ate nothing all that time and became very hungry.
³ Then the devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become a loaf of bread.”
⁴ But Jesus told him, “No! The Scriptures say, ‘People do not live by bread alone.’”

Deuteronomy 8

² Remember how the Lord your God led you through the wilderness for these forty years, humbling you and testing you to prove your character, and to find out whether or not you would obey his commands.
 
³ Yes, he humbled you by letting you go hungry and then feeding you with manna, a food previously unknown to you and your ancestors. He did it to teach you that people do not live by bread alone; rather, we live by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.
4 For all these forty years your clothes didn’t wear out, and your feet didn’t blister or swell.

Observation

Have you ever wondered what Jesus meant when He told the Devil, “People do not live by bread alone”?

I am not sure if I have the right idea but to me Jesus is saying that we don’t live for our own personal needs. Life is more than that!

Moses led the Hebrew children out of slavery and God took care of them for 40 years in the desert. He took care of their every need. During those 40 years of wandering in the desert their clothes didn’t wear out and they never got a blister on their feet.

If they had just been obedient they would have been able to enjoy way more than just their daily bread. He wanted to give them so much more. He wanted to take them to a land that flowed with milk and honey.

 It is a land where food is plentiful and nothing is lacking. It is a land where iron is as common as stone, and copper is abundant in the hills. When you have eaten your fill, be sure to praise the Lord your God for the good land he has given you. Deuteronomy 8:9-10

The Devil always wants us to settle for “daily bread” when Jesus wants us to enjoy an “abundant life”!

 Application

I make the decision today to live my life in obedience to the Word of God. I will not settle for what the Devil offers me.

Prayer

Heavenly Father, help me to walk in obedience today. Help me to hear and obey Your voice. 

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