Today's Bible reading is the 4th chapter of the Book of Luke. You can read it here at Bible Gateway: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+4&version=NASB

In 2nd Corinthians 12:10, the Apostle Paul spoke of that which he had come to know in Christ when he wrote, "Therefore I am well content with weaknesses, with insults, with distresses, with persecutions, with difficulties, for Christ's sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong." Of course, such thinking is contrary to human intellect but it is nonetheless God's Christ honoring way. Paul also wrote, in 1st Corinthians 1:25, "Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men". Let me conclude that the weakness of God is stronger than all of His creation, including that of the angelic realm.
  
In today's passage of scripture we find a great example of power and triumph in weakness.. The beginning of the chapter contains the account of Jesus being tempted in the desert by the devil. Jesus is in the wilderness for forty years and it appears that the devil is tempting His periodically throughout that time. We read that Jesus ate nothing during this forty day period. One can only imagine the physical and mental weakness that would be the result of going forty days without food. Yes, He was God incarnate but in His humanity He had physical needs for food, drink and rest. At the end of these forty days, when He would have been at His weakest point, He faithfully relies on the strength that is found in the truth of God's word to combat the devil's temptations. Oh, what a lesson He has given us! That we might live by faith and trust wholly in God and the truth of His word through the temptations that come are way each and every day. The flesh is weak but may we find great strength in the truth of God's word and the Spirit's victorious work in our lives.