BEING INDEPENDENT

Matthew 4:1-4

I find myself repeating these words which i have heard before during service as this portion of scripture came into my mind as i was speaking in cell group last night.

Jesus had fasted for for 40 days and 40 nights, now He was hungry...
The devil came to tempt him, he said, "If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread."

Jesus answered and said, it is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God."

What is the problem here?

Jesus had finished fasting and now he's hungry. He knew he had the power to turn the stone into bread too. So what is the problem?

The problem is when we learn to act on our own INDEPENDENTLY!!
The moment we know we have the power to do what we can do and achieve then we feel there is not need to be DEPENDENT ON HIM.

I find it surprising as within me i could not comprehend such thought of being independent...
No longer ABIDING/DEPENDING on YOU is a thought i just can't accept!!
I actually find myself saying that such thought of "Being INDEPENDENT and acting on our own" is an EVIL thought!!!

What can we have when all that we have is given by You.
The very life that I live is YOURS!

We are never meant to be apart! Living as a separate entity independently!
I'm to always ABIDE and REMAIN in YOU.
I'm TO BE IN ONE with YOU!!