As we prepared to depart Friday from a Spirit-filled week together at the BCM16 Staff Conference, I shared a time that Jesus went home in the power of the Spirit. Jesus’ filling though did not come from a conference.
As we see in Luke 4, after Jesus’ encounter with God in baptism he was tempted for forty days in the wilderness. It was after his time in the wilderness that it says Jesus was walking in the power of the Spirit. For those of us who’ve experienced a conference high, scripture invites us to find connection with the Spirit of God in places of desolation and challenge.
This opportunity for deep connection is available to us all even if we cannot afford to attend the most recent event and will last much longer then the conference high has passed.