The Temptations Poem by Gert Strydom

When He was hungry in the desert
and Satan appeared to Him,
tempted Him to turn the rocks into loaves of bread,
the light of God shone over Him

and along with that demon
every hungry person talked and that wish
He wanted to fulfil but the word of God
was in His heart lying there without being bordered in.

When the world, the city lay beneath His feet
the demon said
that He must fall from the height
to express God’s power

but He did not want to tempt God
for that great liar
and He knew in His heart that God is His Father,
even in times of pain and amuck.

When He stood on the peak of a very high mountain
the wide world was lying beneath
and momentarily it would be His
if He bended His knees before the devil

but Christ knew that He had to suffer,
that He could not escape the crucifixion,
that man must only bend his knees before the almighty God
and told the devil to be gone.