Face to Face with the Devil

We all love the mountaintop moments in our walk with God. These are the spiritual highs when His presence feels near, His voice seems louder, and we just know He is moving. But when you experience spiritual victory, you can almost always expect a spiritual attack. If it can happen to Jesus, it will most certainly happen to us.

Immediately after His baptism, a powerful moment of divine affirmation, Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness. He went directly from a heart-to-heart moment with the Father to a face-to-face encounter with the devil. This passage is more than a historical event; it is a model for our own victory. It’s not whether we won’t be tempted, but how we should respond when we are.