SCRIPTURE: Luke 4: 1 ¶ Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the desert,
2 where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry…..
14 Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread through the whole countryside.
OBSERVATION: The important role of the Holy Spirit continues in chapter four. Jesus had been filled with the Holy Spirit at His baptism in Jordan by John. Now he returned from the temptation in the wilderness “full” of the Holy Spirit. There a fresh, new, empowering relationship with the Holy Spirit as Jesus steps out into the ministry for which He was sent.
He was filled with the Holy Spirit when He was baptized, but preparation was still lacking. There needed to be an encounter with the one who tempted Eve in the garden. This Sinless Man would have to demonstrate His power to resist the evil one. NOTE: it was not the devil who trapped Jesus in the wilderness, but the Spirit who led Jesus into the wilderness.
The timing was right. The anointing was present. The battle was engaged. Jesus won!
APPLICATION: I will never walk in the power of the Spirit until I am willing to be led into the wilderness by the Spirit. If I would be used by God to overcome the devil’s attack on others, I must allow the Holy Spirit to use the Word of God to overcome the devil’s attack against me.
PRAYER: Lord, help me not to shrink back from the times you lead me to places where the enemy attacks me, but help me to walk in faith and apply the Word of God to my situation and then I will walk in victory. Amen.
Pastor Leon
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