Led Into Dry Places

Still, Here · Feb 19, 2026 · 3m

Scripture: Matthew 4:1Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. When he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was hungry afterward.Today’s ReflectionThe same Spirit who descended at Jesus’ baptism now leads Him into the wilderness—proving that dryness is not always a detour, but sometimes divine direction. Jesus is not lost; He is being led into a place where hunger reveals what He truly trusts. Faced with shortcuts and quick relief, He chooses to live by God’s Word rather than immediate satisfaction. The wilderness exposes the fragile stories we…