Third Sunday in Lent

As we begin the third week of Lent, it might be tempting to let your fast slip.

Nothing permanent--just indulge this once. Break the fast because it is getting hard.

You may be saying to yourself: God will understand. After all, He created me. He knows I am not perfect. But, He also knows that you made the commitment to a Lenten fast.

Remember Jesus’s fasting and testing in the wilderness. He was in the scorching desert without food or water. He was tested to break His fast by none other than Satan. Imagine the pressure that Satan would put on the Son of God to sin, then compare that to the pressure you are feeling to break your fast.

Take strength and courage from the fact that Jesus did not break under the kind of pressure that we cannot imagine. Take comfort in the fact that He, according to the Book of Hebrews, is in heaven right now, interceding for you as one who has suffered and endured.