Of engines and brakes

Jesus was tes­ted by the temp­ter in the are­as of popu­la­ri­ty, pos­ses­si­ons and power. The­se are the three are­as that are powerful engi­nes in our lives as well. Tog­e­ther with fear, this forms a nega­ti­ve spi­ral: one never has enough. The three evan­ge­li­cal coun­sels (chas­ti­ty, pover­ty and obe­dience) are, to a cer­tain ext­ent, the bra­kes that make a good crea­ti­ve hand­ling of the­se inner forces possible.