Proverbs 21: 5 The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
Desperation often drives persons to consider alternatives which seem more attractive as persons go into panic mode. Satan understands this quite well, and he often tailors temptations to meet and cater to desperation in persons, where the right thing seems too farfetched, and wrong alternatives seem much more feasible in the given situation.
When Saul and his army became faint and hungry in battle, the Hebrews became desperate for food and they then did what they would not do under normal circumstances for they ate the meat with the blood, something that is strictly forbidden in the scripture, yet because of the gnawing pangs of hunger, blood suddenly seemed attractive.
As we consider the plight of the Hebrews, we have to wonder if we ourselves would be driven to eat of forbidden foods, if we got extremely hungry, to the point of desperation, and if there was not anything else available. As Christ became so emaciated with hunger, in the wilderness of temptation, satan attempted to take advantage of the situation as he had so successfully done with many human beings on several previous occasions. There is a saying that a hungry man is an angry man, but anger can result in irrational actions.
1st Corinthians 9:26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beats the air: 27 But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!