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What would you expect?

 And a voice came from heaven: “You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.”  At once the Spirit sent him out into the wilderness, and he was in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and angels attended him.

Mark 1:11‭-‬13 NIV

https://bible.com/bible/111/mrk.1.11-13.NIV


What would you expect?


When the heavens open and a voice is heard 

And on your behalf it is stated ,

"With you I am well pleased"?


Would you care to walk in the Saviour's shoes?

When you are transported into the wilderness

Just to be tempted by the devil

Will you accept that cup and be still?


Have you been there revelling in the promises one moment

Feeling forlorn and forgotten the next?

Did you wonder if God was really there,

If He could then He would this trouble from you spare?


The Son of God saw it fit to tread the desert sand

Just to earn you back into the Father's hand.

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