Jesus is on a mission. Blues Brothers fans will not need to think twice about what kind of mission this is: he’s on a mission from God. He’s on a mission to Jerusalem, a mission for the redemption and salvation of the world.

If Jesus were flying a sign on the side of the road, it might say “Jerusalem or bust.”

What tricks would the devil use to test us? With Jesus, he offered the temptations to be spectacular and powerful to distract him from his identity as the Son of God and from God’s mission of reconciliation. I think in our 21^st century Episcopal Church context, the devil tests us with messages of timidity, discouragement, scarcity, and apathy.