Banquet With The King: Can You Humble Yourself?

Sunday, September 28, 2025

Can You Humble Yourself?

So humble yourselves before God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. James 4:7

Meditate. Consider God’s guidance in scripture. Read God’s word and listen to what He is saying.

Jesus was a good example for us on how to handle an encounter with the devil. Jesus spent forty days in the desert, fasting and praying. Then the devil came to Him and tempted Him three times. Each time, Jesus used a scripture passage to defend Himself (Matthew 4:1-11). He resisted the devil. He actually told the devil to leave and the devil left. Be on guard—the devil lurks around trying to deceive anyone he can. Don’t be deceived. Be humble and rely on the Lord.

Camel Crossing at the Judean desert.
The Wilderness where Jesus was tempted.

Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted there by the devil. For forty days and forty nights he fasted and became very hungry. During that time the devil came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become loaves of bread." But Jesus told him, "No! The Scriptures say, 'People do not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.'" Then the devil took him to the holy city, Jerusalem, to the highest point of the Temple, and said, "If you are the Son of God, jump off! For the Scriptures say, 'He will order his angels to protect you. And they will hold you up with their hands so you won't even hurt your foot on a stone.'" Jesus responded, "The Scriptures also say, 'You must not test the LORD your God.'" Next the devil took him to the peak of a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. "I will give it all to you," he said, "if you will kneel down and worship me." "Get out of here, Satan," Jesus told him. "For the Scriptures say, 'You must worship the LORD your God and serve only him.'" Then the devil went away, and angels came and took care of Jesus. Matthew 4:1-11

Note that the devil quoted scripture, but it was misquoted. This shows us the importance of memorizing and correctly quoting the Lord’s words. Challenge of the day. Memorizing is a challenge for me—how about you?

Prayer – Lord Jesus, You humbled Yourself—fasting and praying for forty days in the wilderness. Help me to face the enemy as You did with Scripture.

Verse of Salvation ~ For the LORD takes pleasure in his people; he adorns the humble with salvation. Psalm 149:4 ESV

All scripture quoted from the New Living Translation (NLT) unless otherwise noted.