Key
Verse
"Most certainly I tell you, he who believes in me, the
works that I do, he will do also; and he will do greater works than these,
because I am going to my Father." John 14:12 WEB
Lesson
Have you ever been in a survival situation? Do you
know what to do if you were? While nothing can replace learning survival
skills, a little knowledge can make a big difference. The Rule of Threes helps
to prioritize what you need first in a survival situation. It says 3 minutes for air, 3 hours for
shelter, 3 days for water, 3 weeks for food.
This is a guideline rather than a hard and fast rule.
If these things can be acquired sooner that is preferable. It may sound crazy
to say you can go three weeks without food! But it is true. In fact, people
have survived longer without food. Water and shelter from the elements are most
important. As humans we cannot survive very long without water.
When Jesus came to earth he took the form of a human.
In Matthew 4 Jesus fasted and prayed for 40 days in the wilderness. Some
mistakenly assume that Jesus drank no water for 40 days either. This is simply
not in the Bible.1 Nowhere in the Bible did Jesus preformed a
miracle for himself, even to stop his own suffering.
His mission was to save humans. Jesus had to live a
sinless, selfless life to do that. He suffered in the wilderness in order to
show that we can overcome temptation. Jesus is fully God and fully human. He
never did anything selfish. Nor did he do anything that we cannot. In John
14:12 Jesus tells us that we can access the power to do miracles and to be as
selfless as him.
Questions
Could you put someone else’s needs ahead of your own
in a survival situation?
Do you know enough to survive for 40 days in the
wilderness? How about 4 days?
Do you truly believe God can give us the power to be
selfless?
Sources
1 http://www.neverthirsty.org/bible-qa/qa-archives/question/did-jesus-drink-water-when-he-was-fasting-for-40-days/
Written by David F. Garner
Photo Credit: David F. Garner