Luke 4

1 And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness 2for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing during those days. And when they were ended, he was hungry. 3The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread." 4And Jesus answered him, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone.'"

The devil tempted Christ with food when He was VERY hungry (after 40 days without food). The devil does that to us. Most temptation comes when I am tired, stressed, or otherwise at my wits end. I'm much less tempted when I am satisfied and content. When my hunger and thirst has been regularly feed by His word.

5 And the devil took him up and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time, 6and said to him, "To you I will give all this authority and their glory, for it has been delivered to me, and I give it to whom I will. 7If you, then, will worship me, it will all be yours." 8And Jesus answered him, "It is written, "'You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.'"

First of all, this is a lie. These things have not been given to Satan. But as the father of lies he tempts us with this line, time and time again. He wants me to believe that my desires will be satisfied through disobedience, but the truth is that sin is always more costly than we think it is.

9 And he took him to Jerusalem and set him on the pinnacle of the temple and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here, 10for it is written, "'He will command his angels concerning you, to guard you,'
11and "'On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.'"
12And Jesus answered him, "It is said, 'You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.'"

The Lord does love and care for us, but not only do our actions have consequences, but who are we to demand the ways in which the Lord must show us His love. "If you really loved me..."

13And when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from him until an opportune time.

The devil will flee for a while, but he's just waiting for another opportunity to tempt me. I don't need to give him such a chance.

42 And when it was day, he departed and went into a desolate place. And the people sought him and came to him, and would have kept him from leaving them, 43but he said to them, "I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns as well; for I was sent for this purpose." 44And he was preaching in the synagogues of Judea.

Christ could have stayed in Capernaum. There was certainly work to be done, people to be healed, but that was not His purpose. The Lord have given Him other work to do. Sometimes I am overwhelemed by the amount of need, but the truth is I can't help every person or every cause. The Lord has given each of us a purpose, one or more ways in which we are especially suited to serve Him. Who am I judge whether this or that fellow believer is properly serving Him just because his purpose is not the same as mine.