Luke's interesting Commentary on Jesus' Return to Galilee

Luke 4: 14 states, "Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread through the whole countryside."


I find this a curious commentary on the status of the Savior following His submersion in  the flowing banks of the Jordan river under the appointment of John the Baptist, and then the forty days of fasting in the wilderness, having successfully faced the wiles of the Tempter. The words catch me in that they seem to indicate some change of state, as if it were something new. He left Galilee without the power the Spirit (please bear with me here as I just ramble a bit in my thought pattern), He then met with His divine appointments, He now returns in the power of the Spirit and so it is now that news about him spreads. 


Being in very nature God, how is it that he was not in the power of the Spirit previously? I don't understand how He could divest Himself of that power, and yet He did for this period. 


As I sit and consider this situation I must admit that this is not without its parallel. For on the cross Christ suffered separation from the Father. 


The application of this passage is simple, for the divine modeled for us how ministry should be conducted, not in our own strength but in the empowerment of the Spirit. I wish I could give myself to prayer and fasting in such dedication as my Savior; I grumble when I miss more than two meals let alone a day or forty days. But obviously this preparation was important for the start of this ministry period, for the selection of the twelve, for the declaration of the kingdom of God.It is just as vital for me. -- D