He was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan... Mark 1:13
The three temptations in the desert were precisely to choose the "upward way." Be relevant: do something that the world can praise you for like making bread out of the stones. Be spectacular: jump from the tower so that everybody can see you and you can be on television because you're so influential, so important. Be powerful: kneel before me and I will give you dominion over all the lands. But Jesus said, "No," because he knew that God's way is the way of the poor. "Blessed are the poor. Blessed are the humble. Blessed are the poor of heart. Blessed are the meek. Blessed are the peacemakers."
Here we have a self-portrait of Jesus that is also a reflection of the Father, because "who sees me sees the Father." If you read the Beatitudes, you see Jesus' face and you see through Jesus' face the love of his Father. Humble. Poor. Meek. Peacemaker. Hungry for justice and peace. It is so important for you to see that Jesus wants you to be more and more like that. That's the image of God that appears in flesh among us. That is our way. And that's the way to glory.
Jesus, my Savior and my brother, may I be transformed by your grace.
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