In the wilderness.

Lately, every time I sit down here to write, immediately a sensation of overwhelming physical, mental exhaustion nearly overwhelms. A very strange thing, indeed.

So much of what's been going on just isn't open to any sort of disclosure, at this juncture.

For as various an array of reasons as is the variation of matters which all concern. So, so many things.

Things I've been talking to the Lord about, and it's not that He's not responded...but there's a sort of open area that's been created by my continued insistence. Which isn't well, perhaps.

And, then, perhaps the answer really just is in quite what He's been telling me for the past...oh, four months? (I'm just a ...little... slow.) ((*edit*...okay, so thinking back through that, now that it's been expressed... Yes, it's definitely in what He's been insisting, and it's ludicrous to assert otherwise--seriously, of all the people to doubt...He is the last one to be doubted. Such a horrid tendency to question Him, though))

...the kind which come out by prayer and fasting.

And wilderness experiences, all around.

And, did you all realize the implications of those particular temptations wrought unto Jesus while He was in the wilderness?

Multi-fold, each, but the primary implications for each are rather blatantly manifest in so much of what is prevalent nowadays regarding us all.

...as to the bread... ...tempted to rely upon one's own provision, rather than upon the Lord's (...when it was in Jesus' case, upon God the Father). ...tempted to pre-empt God's provision for our survival/needs, rather than to remain patiently trusting and reliant upon His goodwill and faithfulness. ...lack of faith, as doubting God's time-frame/intent/faithfulness in fulfilling our required necessities.

...as to the fall, the jump... ...tempted to pre-empt the will of the Lord, as to "force His hand" into compliance with our own will. ...tempted to step out, not in faith, but in an act of recklessness which has a mockery of God at its core. ..the opposite of patient obedience, in other words.

...as to the kingship... ...tempted to put favor and honor upon the things of this world, above and beyond worship of the Lord. ...tempted to put convenience, comfort, prestige, social/political/religious authority, acceptance, and perceived security (external, temporal indulgences) above obedience to the Lord and above the glories of the kingdom of God, which dwell within. ...tempted to idolatry, in all ways.

And there's more than just that, but those are the few which are currently brought to mind.

That's as much as can be, for now.

And Merry Christmas. =)