Charles Spurgeon Commentary Luke 4:1

"And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led in the Spirit in the wilderness" — Luke 4:1 (ASV)

Full of the Holy Ghost and then led into the wilderness to be tempted. You would not expect that. Yet it is a sadder thing to be led into a wilderness when you are not filled with the Spirit, and a sadder thing to be tempted when the Spirit of God is not resting upon you.

The temptation of our Lord was not one to which he wantonly exposed himself; he was led by the Spirit into the wilderness. The Spirit of God may lead us where we shall have to endure trial. If he does so, we are safe; and we shall come off conquerors even as our Master did.