Matthew 14:1-21
When John was cast into prison Jesus went into Galilee: but when John was beheaded He went into the wilderness. The world had nothing to minister to Him; but He in divine power ministered to all the necessities of poor sinners in these destitute circumstances; and here he showed, " It is more blessed to give than to receive."
The poor sinner found the place destitute, but Him full of all blessing in this destitute place. He healed the sick and abundantly fed the hungry, and made the wilderness the place of blessing, because the place where He was. Rejected righteousness in John was the occasion for drawing out more grace from Him.
You never see a Christian go through his course without being " brayed in a mortar." Unsuspected evil may demand this, but it will, under God's hand, be thus.