Mental Temptation!
For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. It is not surprising, then, if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be what their actions deserve. 2 Corinthians 11:13-14
The third way in which Satan tried to break Christ’s determination to serve His Father by the means of the mind. Having failed to display the son of God by appealing to His bodily and ego needs, he then determined to loosen the foundations of his rationality. That occurred in Gethsemane. There Jesus was faced with the full foresight of the cross, and all He would have to bear. What He would have to endure, Jesus’ saw, was a contradiction. He who knew no sin would have to become sin 2 Corinthians 5: 21. The pressure of having to become what He hated was almost in burden for the Son of Man.
Jesus exhibited all the symptoms of the pressure; groaning, tears, sweat, and inward agony. His mind was storm tossed, swept between two contradictory principles. Three times He had to press in close to the Father in prayer, seeking help, and all the while Satan hoped his mind would snap, leaving him, broken and helpless. But again, Jesus went back to His determination to do His Father’s will, regardless of how contradictory, it appeared. “Nevertheless, not my will, but thy will, be done” Luke 22 :42. Victory came then, when His will held firm before the storm.
Satan knows very well how we can be destroyed through the shaking of our mind. Being called crazy was one of the criticism and Paul had to face Acts 26:24, 2 Corinthians 5: 13. The protection of the mind does not come by, trying to reason things out, but being willing to stay oneself on God and letting Him unravel the problems as He chooses. They will be done Matthew 26:42 is more than just a formal prayer; it is mental therapy that the deceiver cannot undo. If I keep my mind on Him, knowing “He has given me a spirit of power, love and a sound mind” Satan has no chance of overcoming me. 2 Timothy 1:7.