Do the circumstances of life ever cause you to question whether God even is? Do you ever wonder if you have just conjured it all up?
Would you believe that even Jesus probably faced those same thoughts? It is easy to believe you’re the Son of God when you’re performing miracles and walking on water; but what about when you’re facing the cross?
If Satan, on the front end of Jesus’ ministry, would try to trip Him up, you can bet at this critical point at the end, he would not set idly by. On the front end he used this line: “If You’re the Son of God.” But here at the end, he has one last chance and I think chooses another. “Are You sure You are the Son of God? What if You’re wrong? What if You’ve conjured all this up?”
Maybe privy to some behind the scenes stuff that nobody records, I think John gives us this little tidbit in 13:3 that implies that even Jesus faced these same tempting thoughts. Tempted in all points like us, it would make sense that if He would ever face this temptation, it would be here.
“Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under His power, and that He had come from God and was returning to God.”
Count on Satan to come at your lowest moment. It’s what he does; anything to “steal and kill and destroy”.
Hunger and Thirst 