If you turn with me, Luke chapter 4, I'm particularly going to look at verses 13, 14, and 15.

Look at Luke 413 with me, please.

And when the devil had finished every temptation, every temptation, they're all codified in those three.

Pleasure, popularity, and power. He departed from him,

that is departed from Jesus, until an opportune time. Until an opportune time. Four words added here by

Dr. Luke in his account that exposed to us Satan's strategy, exposed to us his techniques.

He exposed to us his perseverance and waiting for the right time before he attacks.

And as I look back in my own life, and this is absolutely the truth.

He is constantly looking for opportune time.

Satan does not give up just because you had one victory.

He does not sit there and they said, oh man, I got defeated.

That's it.

I gave it my best shot and I failed.

I might as well give up. No, it doesn't work that way. He does never do that. In fact, I'm going to show you in a minute that after a great victory, not only Satan does not give up and get away, but these are after

a great blessing from the hand of God that is clearly the work of the supernatural. Those are the

times when you and I need to be absolutely on our guard.

You see, when Satan left Jesus, Luke said,

Satan began to look for new opportunities to tempt Jesus.

He began to look for an opportune time.

He began to look for a new timing in which he can try to ambush him.

He began to strategize what his next step is going to be.

He failed to get Jesus when he was hungry and tired and in the wilderness.

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