Ever wonder how to make Jesus’ temptation experience in the Bible relevant to your own? (see Matthew 4:1–11). Its relevancy came in a rush of inspiration for me. All of a sudden it was plain.
Jesus’ wilderness experience did not take place without his being equipped for it.
He had just been baptized and given the title “my beloved Son” (Matthew 3:17). We, too, must begin with our spiritual origin—for here lie our safety, protection, strength, courage, and peace. Establishing our spiritual identity is the cornerstone of life, as it was for Jesus. He said, in essence, that a wise man builds his house upon a rock, “a sure foundation”—not upon the sand (see Matthew 7:24). And Mary Baker Eddy, the discoverer and founder of Christian Science, gave this spiritual sense of rock in the Glossary of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures: “Spiritual foundation; Truth” (p. 593).
