And he requested fot himself that he might dies; and said, It is enough; now, O Lord, take my life away; for I am not better than my father. 1 Kings 19:4

In all our afflictions, Jesus was afflicted. The Captain of our salvation was made perfect through suffering. In this life we shall be proved whether we bear the best of God. When Satan's temptations come, we shall have a trial. Shall we be overcomed by the betwitching power of Satan or shall we overcome Satan's temptations as Christ overcame them?. Shall we have the mind stored with the heavenly treasures of truth, that we may be enabled to meet the adversary of souls with "It is written" as Christ did, and not with any other impetuous speeches? Satan understands more of what "it is written"  than many of us professed Christian, for he is a very diligent student of the Scriptures, and his work is to pervert the truth of God in order to lead people to disobedience and to neglect the personal searching of God's Words. He leads us to believe the scriptures of men against the Scriptures of God.

It is a grave mistake to dictate to God. Elijah knew not what he said when he told god that he had had enough of life and asked to die. The Lord did not take him at his word, for he had work to do before he would be exhalted to heaven. Have we forgotten that Jesus, the Majesty of heaven, suffered temptation? Jesus did not allowed the enemy to pull Him into the mire of unbelief, or crwd Him into the mire of despondency and despair.

God hates only one thing... and that thing is sin. Satan's work is to allure us into what God hates the most. How adroitly Satan works with his betwitching power to fascinate the mind to choose sin rather than righteousness. The influence of one person on another has become dangerous because of Satan's leading and controlling the mind and pressing his influence of one over another in his own service. But the Lord Jesus by the agency of His Holy Spirit , changes the order of things and take the sins and guilt of the human race upon Himself, and draws us to Himself, sanctifies and employs those of us who believe as agents to engage our powers to do entirely opposite of what Satan advices.

"Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you." How precious to the tempted soul is this positive promise. If those of us in trouble and temptation where to keep our eyes fixed on Jesus and draw nigh to God, taking advantage of His goodness and mercy, Jesus will draw nigh to us, and the discomfort we think are unbearable will certainly vanish.

Come on to me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest...