ListenDaily – 10 June 2010: Still quiet
"Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed." Mark 1:35
WWJP? Where Would Jesus Pray?
Jesus sometimes went off to a "solitary place" to pray.
How important was it to Jesus to have a time and place with just Him and God?
Very important. Important enough that even though it was "very early in the morning", and even though it was "still dark", Jesus "got up", He "left the house", and then He "went off to a solitary place, where he prayed."
Jesus got up early, probably before everyone else, but that wasn't guarantee enough that He could be alone with the Father. So He left and went to a place that took others some time and effort to find Him. It was that important that He be alone with God.
O.K., so I've used the excuses too. My kids get up early, I need more sleep, the dog has to go out, whatever and whatever.
Jesus got up and did what it took to be alone with God because it was necessary.
It still is.
Questions:
1. Do you have a solitary place in which you can pray?
2. Are you willing to make the effort to find one?
3. How might this affect your own prayer?
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May we keep listening. Jim.
INTERESTING THOUGHTS:
"Beware in your prayers, above everything else, of limiting God, not only by unbelief, but by fancying that you know what He can do.
Expect unexpected things, above all that we ask or think. Each time, before you Intercede, be quiet first, and worship God in His glory.
Think of what He can do, and how He delights to hear the prayers of His redeemed people. Think of your place and privilege in Christ, and expect great things!"
Andrew Murray
"All the troubles of life come upon us because we refuse to sit quietly for a while each day in our rooms."
Blaise Pascal
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