Luke Chapter 4

Sometimes we may think that the life is filled with Holy Spirit and led by Holy Spirit would be wonderful as ch.23: 1, 2 in Psalms”the Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters”. But it is in fact not always smoothly as we thought. Sometimes he may lead us to face some difficulties, even just after being baptized.

Luk 4:1-2 Then Jesus, being filled with the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness being tempted for forty days by the devil...

This is similar to the scenario after Moses brought Israel out of Egypt and through the Red Sea, which is symbolized the baptism, they went into the wilderness of Shur.

God might not give us a smooth way, for example the fortune and glory, because he knows that our faith is weak and those could keep ourselves far away from him. Devil knows in the same way, how we weak are and what our weakness is. He tries to find any opportunities to strike us down in order to let us to leave away from God. So God led Jesus and Israel to the wilderness. Why? The wilderness is although considered as misfortune and bitterness, but it is also a place where clears the worldly matter and makes people concern with what is the real importance in life. It could be on the way that reaching God more closely if obeying loyally the introduction of Holy Spirit and keeping the God’s word in mind, or on the other way which is leading to spiritual death. We may think that we could not overcome the obstacles, but through the prayer and depend on the power from above, he will add us what we do not have. Only Staying and obeying by God, a temptation of evil could be a test of God.

Rev 2:10 "Do not fear any of those things which you are about to suffer. Indeed, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and you will have tribulation ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.