“And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.”
Luke 4:1-2 KJV
From the moment of His baptism, Jesus overflowed with the Holy Spirit. He was taken by the Spirit from the Jordan into the wilderness of Judea to experience for forty days the ordeal of testing by the accuser. He ate no food during this time and ended His forty-day fast very hungry. It was then the devil said to Him, “If you are really the Son of God, command this stone to turn into a loaf of bread for You.” The Holy Spirit leads us, as He did Jesus, into places where we will be proven, tested and strengthened for our future purpose. After Jesus’s greatest affirmation from the Father, came a great time of testing, which proved that the devil was defeated by Christ’s appearing. No one, not even Jesus could face testing times on earth unless the Holy Spirit becomes our Helper, Sanctifier, Guide, Empowerer, Who never leaves us nor forsakes us. Let’s allow the Holy Spirit to take us through every season of our life here on earth because we are washed by the Blood of Jesus. Amen!
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