Compelled

Mark 1:12-15

The Temptation of Jesus

And the Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. He was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was with the wild beasts; and the angels waited on him.

The Beginning of the Galilean Ministry

Now after John was arrested, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God, and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent, and believe in the good news.”

Driven into the wilderness

Compelled  to follow the Spirit's prompting 

Driven to wrestle with temptation 

and the meaning of life

Communing with wild beasts

Waited on by angels

Newly affirmed by God

in the waters of baptism.

and forced to wait 

on the right time.

The right time 

to release the Good News

and preach repentance.

The right time 

to acknowledge

the Kingdom of God

is here.