Serve

"You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve," Matthew 4:10.

That's what Jesus said when he was astonishingly hungry but didn't miraculously change rocks into bread to satisfy his belly. That's what Jesus said when he could have called on a ton of angels to catch him from breaking his neck if he jumped off the top of a tall building. That's what Jesus said when he saw all the world's nations and their power and could have ruled them all right now. (He also said, in the middle of all those lost opportunities: Don't live by bread alone, but by every word from God's mouth; Don't test God. Yeah.). Then Jesus said to the tempter: Get out of here, Satan! Then Jesus said: Serve God alone. So is it written.

Meeting up with a brother or sister today, we forgo all shortcuts to life, and we worship God alone. And, together, we praise God for Jesus' astonishingly loyal love, and we serve him alone.