Your plan will sell a lot easier if people see that you are special to Him. Let God save you from certain disaster - let his angels carry you up from the ground in the presence of the priests and the teachers and everyone in Jerusalem. You won't have to go around from home to home then - preaching and healing people. Temptation is a natural thing. It appeals to our natural impulses - both for good and for bad.
Temptation is also an easy thing - that is a major part of it's attraction.
Christ showed us the way - by rebuffing the things that tempted him with his focus on what God revealed to Israel through Moses and the prophets. And so can we - and even more so. He knows how hard it is to walk the walk and talk the talk - he knows how easy it is to close your eyes to the troubles around you your ears to the cries of need and despair and your hearts to the hearts of those who live with you or near to you. He knows the attraction of the quick fix and the struggle to keep on the difficult road. And he stands ready to help when we call upon him.