Jesus’ story in the Gospels is not only given to us to try to know about Him and eventually to know Him in relationship, it’s here for us to understand how to successfully live the Christian life. The hallmark of Jesus’ life is His total dependence upon the Holy Spirit for the power to do what it was He needed to do. The story of Satan’s unsuccessful attempt to get Jesus to do things in His human power rather than through the power of the Holy Spirit and in God’s timing is a poignant lesson for us on how not only to survive, but thrive as we are faced with temptations from without as well as from within.