Then he took him up and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a single instant. The devil said to him, “I shall give to you all this power and glory; for it has been handed over to me, and I may give it to whomever I wish. All this will be yours, if you worship me.” Jesus said to him in reply, “It is written: ‘You shall worship the Lord, your God, and him alone shall you serve.’”
Luke 4:5-8
The devil takes Jesus and shows him all the kingdoms of the world and says that they can be his, if Jesus will simply bow down and worship him. Jesus came for the purpose to win back the kingdoms of the world for God. It was the mission he came to achieve. The devil is not tempting Jesus with a bad thing but with something very good. In that moment, Jesus had to determine what was most important: his relationship with his Father or the mission to win back all the kingdoms of the world.
We worship what we view as the most important thing in our lives. And there can only be one number one. There cannot be two number ones. We will worship whatever we believe brings the most value and significance to our lives. Jesus reminds us we are to make God the number one priority of our lives — not power, not pleasures, not possessions, not kids, not sports.
Pray today for the grace to make God your number one priority.