The road to Galilee - Luke 4: 14-28

The temptation in the wilderness was a time of testing and Jesus came out victorious. Satan was forced to leave him for a season. The testing was completed, the loyalty to the Father and His mission proved without a shadow of doubt at all. 

Immediately after this time of testing Jesus goes into Galilee. He is given a new commission to fulfil. Appointment always follows testing. One victory leads to another challenge. That's the way God works in our lives. Jesus accepts the responsibility. 

For the Christian we are to walk this road to Galilee. Once we have accepted the love and forgiveness of God in Christ we are called to the wilderness of temptation. Once we have proved ourselves, we move to the next stage of our journey in life. We must walk our Galilee.

To Jesus, Galilee is the hardest place in which he could begin his work. It is home territory. It is 'balek kampong.' Ever since their return from Egypt, he and his family had lived there. Jesus, who is he? He is just the son of the village carpenter Joseph. No difficulty for them accepting him as one of the villagers but to see him as divine! Well, that's another thing. They look at Jesus and think to themselves 'What conceit! Perhaps hallucination!' Many a young people after accepting Christ goes home to the family to witness this new found faith and perhaps even face opposition.