church school lesson
temptation of jesus

This video and song are about Luke 4, Jesus' 40 days of temptation in the wilderness. The song is entitled "How He Loves" -- a cool contemporary song written by John Mark McMillan from "Jesus Culture" and sung by Peter Mattis. The video features the illustrations of Si Smith imagining what Jesus was doing and thinking in the wilderness in preparation for facing temptations and committing to God's plan.
 
I think it is interesting to see that Jesus may not just have been contemplating negative things such as turning stone to bread or worshiping someone other than God. I love that Jesus takes time to contemplate all the beauty of nature and things that are right in God's world. How often do we do that in our lives, especially when we are being 'tested?'