Luke 4:1-2, 13-14
But in that difficult place, when a soul remains steadfast in God, resists temptations from flesh and enemy, spiritual strength and power is granted by the Holy Spirit. It doesn't say Jesus had power to resist first. He had the fulness of the Spirit's presence. Yet, in His weakness He swung the weapon He was given and emerged fully equipped with the Spirit's power for the ministry that lie ahead of Him.
His resistance to Satan came with His declaration of what the Word of God was in His life, Who His heart worshiped, and the wisdom He lived by under His Father's authority. If you find yourself in a spiritual wilderness, not led there from sin in your life, be assured that the Lord is with you. And in your weakness, use the same weapon Jesus did. Jam.4:7 "Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you." Make sure that His declarations are in harmony with your own. There is the key to victory and insight into true "strength training."
1 Tim. 4:8 "For bodily exercise profits little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come."
Eph 6:10-11 "Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil."
