Good Morning:
It's time to get away 20 Feb 2009
'..."Come aside...and rest a while"...' Mark 6:31
Luke records: 'He departed and went into a deserted place. And the crowd sought Him and came to Him, and tried to keep Him from leaving them; but He said to them, "I must preach the kingdom of God to the other cities also, because for this purpose I have been sent"' (Luke 4:42-43).
Examine the life of Christ: the control He exercised, the criticism He evoked, the communion He enjoyed with God, then follow His example! Jesus said no to good things, so that he could say yes to the right things. That's not easy. God may want you to leave where you are, but you're staying; or He may want you to stay, but you're leaving. How can you know? Get away from the crowd and meet with Jesus in a deserted place. This word 'deserted' doesn't mean desolate, just quiet; a place to think, to pray, to hear from God, to refuel and re-chart your course. Hell hates to see you stop!
Richard Foster points out that in contemporary society the devil majors in three things: noise, hurry, and crowds. If he can keep us engaged in 'muchness' and 'manyness,' he will be satisfied. He implants taxi meters in our brains. We hear the relentless tick, tick, tick telling us to hurry, hurry, hurry, time is money, resulting in this roaring blur called the human race. But Jesus stands against the tide saying, '"Come to Me, all you who labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest"' (Matthew 11:28). Will you come? Will you follow the One who often '...withdrew ...into the wilderness, and prayed' (Luke 5:16). A thousand voices will tell you not to. Ignore them!
Blessings,
Pastor J.
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