14/04/2026
Luke 4:1-2
1 And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
2 Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.
Temptation can come from any place. Jesus is the last Adam. Jesus was tempted in the wilderness, and Jesus overcame. Adam was tempted in the garden, and Adam fell.
Satan doesn’t care whether he comes to you in a garden or in the wilderness. Don’t get the idea that somehow you can isolate and insulate yourself from temptation.
Sometimes people go all the way to a monastery to fast and pray and get away in some hole in the rock, but they find out there’s no holiness in the hole. You cannot escape temptation by location. Temptation may come to any person—it came to Jesus. It may come in any period—it came after His baptism, and He was filled with the Holy Spirit. It may come in any place, whether it be in a garden or whether it be in a wilderness. We need to be forewarned; temptation can come at any point. We have to live with spiritual readiness!
What does it look like to be spiritually ready for temptation?
When have you felt unprepared to face temptation? What did you do?
Ask God to equip you to be prepared to face temptation and trials. CHRIST MINDED IN POWER 2026
—BBCKC