Luke 4:1 – “From the moment of his baptism, Jesus overflowed with the Holy Spirit.”  TPT

Life is more than what we possess in this life.   It is what and who we are in God.    He is our inner peace, comfort, and joy.   To have His fullness, we must be single-heartedly committed to Him.   He must be our life.

An almost obscure statement in Luke 2:51 about Jesus caught my eye today.   After He stayed behind in Jerusalem at age 12, and Mary chastised Him, this verse tells us that He went home with them and obeyed them.  

We must remember that Jesus is our example.   If we read the Gospels with the view that He is God and do not see Him as fully man, we miss the message, mission, and commission.   He did all He did as a man.   He was fully God but laid that aside and lived fully as a human being subject to all the tests, trials, and temptations we face.

John the Baptist preached that his ministry fulfilled Isaiah’s prophecy and cry to get our twisted hearts right for the coming of Messiah.   That is the message for the second coming, too.

Luke 4:1 epitomizes Jesus’s example for us.  “From the moment of His baptism, Jesus OVERFLOWED with the Holy Spirit.”  If He is our example and pattern, then that is how we should be – OVERFLOWING with the Holy Spirit.  Most of the time, we are overflowing, but not with the Holy Spirit.   That needs to change!

Isaiah 61 was His pattern and commission, and “if” He is our pattern, it is ours, too!

Jesus was never stressed out over stuff and never rushed. In Luke 4:40, Jesus laid His hands on them individually and healed their varying illnesses.  He was always personal, always had time for the needs of others, and was never constrained by man-made time constraints.

In Luke 6:43-49, He gives us an amazing life lesson and pathway into His presence and power.  It’s the heart whose condition is evidenced by the fruit of our lives.  The latter part of verse 45 is incredible, “For the overflow of what has been stored in your heart will be seen by your fruit AND will be heard in your words.”

Jesus only did what He saw and only said what He heard from the Father.   As our pattern, He revealed what humans could do and be if they fully overflowed with the Holy Spirit.

I pray, “Lord, forgive me for justifying my lack of Your presence, love, and power.  Forgive me for failing to see Jesus as my earthly example.   Forgive me for my selfishness and self-centeredness.  Fill me now, I pray.   Fill us all.  Amen!”

We are more than we have become; we can be all He was through the Holy Spirit.   My cry is, “Make it so, Lord.  Make it so!”

Have a fantastic day today and every day!  He is alive and alive forevermore!