Matthew 4:4 (ESV)But he answered, “It is written,
“‘Man shall not live by bread alone,
but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”Jesus was tempted by the Accuser to satisfy his hunger by turning stones into bread. John had just said in chapter 3 that God could even raise up children of Abraham from the stones. If that is the case, it should be an easy task for the Son of God to turn stones into bread. But Jesus responded, “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.” 2 Timothy 3:16 says that all Scripture is God-breathed. That means that when we pick up our Bibles, we are holding the very words of God that Jesus was referring to. In a time when we have dozens of Bibles available on our phones and computers this makes me wonder whether we truly appreciate this truth. These are the words of God. Are my heart, mind, will, and emotions fed and satisfied by God’s words or do I try to fill them with stuff, activities, achievements, etc.? It makes me wonder if we really take Jesus’s words seriously. Do we truly value the words of God that we hold in our hands?
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