The Temptation

Devil: If you are the Son of God, turn these stones into bread.

Christ Jesus: It is written man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedth out of the mouth of God.

There is an awakening at Baptism of the divine deed within the human spirit. This is the declaration of the True I - the I as divine deed. Something in each of us is an expression of the Word of God - the LOGOS.

The Gospel of John begins with...In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God.

If you have faith that you are a Word, a LOGOS being, then you will not need to turn stones to bread. The addiction devils cannot buy your soul.

The physical body of the human being is made up of minerals (stones). It is a corpse without the other bodies of life, soul and spirit. What brings life (bread is the staff of life)to the human being is the "breath of God" and it becomes visible through the earthly tasks that make up our earthly destiny. We incarnate to labor, not to do magic.

How in your life have you been tempted to magically turn stones to bread? Just start writing and see what comes. All answers are perfect. No answer is complete.

Write about your destiny deeds - your contributions.

How does this first temptation relate to the last miracle - the raising of Lazarus?