More Than a Gold Star

And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: Luke 4:14a

This is immediately following the verse from last night--the passage where Jesus is tempted. Jesus faced temptation--severe, strong, serious temptation--and resisted. And THEN He experienced the power of the Spirit. We want to be blessed, to see God work strongly on our behalf (and that's not at all a bad thing--we should want that,) but we need to realize that comes AFTER the testings, trials, and temptations. You're gonna have to go through some things first, and they won't be fun or easy. So don't shrink back when you face the test--you get more than a gold star on the other side!