For those of you that don't know I have had tons of changes in my life in the last 2 years, marriage, baby, graduated, moved, hired, two jobs-Pastor at Genesis christian centre in Nanaimo, and a Construction company.
With this much craziness prayer has been a difficult in my life! yes a person who is persueing in a sense a carreer of pastoring has troubles to pray with in a terrible schedule. We has humans are full of excuses, as much as I can justify not having time to pray, it is still after all our communication with God!
As it is a necessity in ones life, it needs its own place in our day. The best possible solution is following Christs example.
Luke 5:16 But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed
Luke 4:42 At daybreak Jesus went out to a solitary place. The people were looking for him and when they came to where he was, they tried to keep him from leaving them.
There are afew other verses about this topic, but what i want to share with you today is highlighted in both of these verses, Jesus withdrew to a solitary place, and secondly he withdrew before starting to preaching the good news at the next city.
We need to find time to withdraw to a time one on one with God. Withdrawing may not to be as severe as withdrawing like a monk into a cell, but more like that spot in your house, or the walk by the beach, the hike up the mountain, or the chair on the back porch. Bad places to withdraw to may be the bedroom where sleep comes to easy, or the computer or tv where distractions are compelling.
My heart in this message is that we withdraw and pray.
1 comment:
withdraw and pray, i too need to do more withdrawing to pray more often!
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