The 40 days of Lent are patterned after the 40 days Jesus spent in the wilderness. We are told that the fasted, that he prayed, and that the was tempted. These 40 days came immediately after his baptism - a reminder that our greatest temptations are often mingled with our most wonderful celebrations. During those 40 days, Jesus confronted everything which might stand between him and God's hope for his future.
Jesus remained true to his calling.
The scriptures tell us that during the 40 days, Jesus was ministered to by the angels. Even as he was enduring these difficult times, he was not out of the watchful eye of the God whom he went to the dessert to seek. God was with him, even as he endured his temptation.
God remains faithful to his promise.
It is doubtful that our 40 days will be as strenuous as those endured by Jesus. But, having taken on the Lenten pilgrimage, we do not know where it might lead. We are to open ourselves to where ever it is that God might lead us. It is in following our master that we discover who God is calling us to be.
It is a time for us to hold fast to the faith within us.
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