Here’s a view of just a little of what Satan showed Jesus to tempt him.This is a video of a day over the skies of the USA.

Scripture
Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. “All this I will give you,” he said, “if you will bow down and worship me.” Jesus said to him, “Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.’” Matthew 4:8-10

Observation
There is something that that each human being wants because it is the work that God has designed him or her to do. For Jesus it was to rule the world, not in a self-serving sense, but in a God-glorifying, people-liberating way. Jesus is destined to become King of kings and Lord of Lords and it is not surprising that it was his point of temptation.

There will come in life offers to fulfill this God-given, life desire in shallow ways at little cost. For Jesus he was offered all of the kingdoms of the world by Satan. For me it would be something smaller but no less appealing.

The words Jesus spoke next showed who he was and what made him worthy to sit in the highest throne. Jesus turned Satan down flat. Our resistance of short cuts that Satan dangles is part of developing us as worthy to inherit what God has planned for us.

Application
Jesus could see right through Satan’s ploy because he looked at every opportunity through the lens of scripture. I need Bible eyes that see the world in simplistic terms, for if I worship the Lord only then all the things I am designed for and seeking after will rightly be added to my life.

Prayer
Father, today, help me to see life as you see it so that I can avoid sales gimmicks and instead find what you have designed for me. Amen.