Now in the morning, having risen a long while before daylight, He went out and departed to a solitary place; and there He prayed —Mark 1:35
Immediately Jesus made His disciples get into the boat and go before Him to the other side, while He sent the multitudes away. 23And when He had sent the multitudes away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray. Now when evening came, He was alone there —Matthew 14:22-
At the end of 2009 I decided to start a study of Jesus’ prayer life. I have now come to the conclusion that there is a lot to learn from just this one part of his life, Jesus was a man of prayer defiantly. I was talking to a person the other day we where discussing how people get an assumption around Christmas time that Jesus always knew he was the son of God. Which in fact he had to find him self in the word of God just as we do. His prayer life was so developed that he knew when it was time to go and pray.
So He Himself often withdrew into the wilderness and prayed —Luke 5:15-16
It says he “Often” went to pray in the wilderness/isolation. Have you ever felt the urge that you need to pray I’m talking an intense urge or have you ever been woken up in the middle of the night and known you needed to pray something out? Jesus’ time in isolation with the Father also involved times of earnest prayer In Luke 3:21-22 it says “And as he was praying, heaven was opened and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: "You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased." He found him self out of prayer, What if Jesus did not yield and pray at that very time I’m sure he had a strong urge to but what if he didn’t. At that very time he broke though something he found him self, later in the next chapter
"The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
because he has anointed me
to preach good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
and recovery of sight for the blind,
to release the oppressed,
to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor."
He discovered where he was in the Word this all was divine. I believe that the Word clearly speaks that Jesus had a strong prayer life, I marvel at the thought of it. Think of the Isolated Intimacy he spent with God our father. One on one & face to face! What they talked about and what God showed him, I want my intimacy in my prayer life to be strong like Jesus’ we all should. This year I’m striving to dig deeper in my prayer life I want the same Isolated Intimacy Jesus had. You hear it said often you can only go as far as your prayer life so take a note from Jesus and Pray I know I am. Is there a big decision you or I have to make? Is there a problem for which we need an answer or direction? Perhaps an extended period of solitude with the Father will provide the needed resolution. We should make time to inquire of God and spend time with Him alone. He will communicate with us just listen!
-Shellby Celeste
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