Jesus and the Holy Spirit

John 3:34
For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God does not give the Spirit by measure.

It seems that John is teaching here that Jesus' words are from God and that the Holy Spirit is the deliverer of God's message. God's message did not originate in Jesus but in His Heavenly Father through the Holy Spirit. This is another way that Jesus full humanity was fully expressed.
The lesson is that like us, Jesus had to listen for and to the Holy Spirit in order to receive God's will and direction for His life and ministry.

Check out these examples....

1. Luke 2:27
   Moved by the Spirit, he went into the temple courts. When the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what the custom of the Law required,
   
2. Luke 4:1
   Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the desert,
   
3. Luke 4:14
   Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread through the whole countryside.

That means that Jesus was not simply setting an example for us when He got alone with God, prayed or got still in the garden. He too was listening to, waiting for, depending on the Holy Spirit. In other words, we can follow His example and pattern for listening.

Jesus, teach me to wait for, listen to and obey the Holy Spirit. Teach me to follow Jesus example of being still, quiet and alone with the Father. Sharpen my ears and soften my heart to hear and receive what You say. Amen.