MARK 1:35
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.
SOLITUDE = a strategic aloneness built into the rhythm of our lives.
I think we have become a generation of people who lack silence. There seems to be no margin in our lives to refresh and refuel or simply think. Its not productive to always be on the phone, always with people, always meeting a deadline. Busyness is not necessarily productivity.
MARGIN = the space between our load and our limit that we tend to ignore. Its breathing room.
Jesus knew if he was going to accomplish anything he had to break away to a solitary place and create margin in his life. He recognized that he couldnt accomplish anything without spending time to refule himself in the presence of God
LUKE 5:16 Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.
I believe this is how he maintained a rhythm of productivity. We never see Jesus with a bad attitude, stressed out, short tempered, to busy to stop and talk to people. As much as he had going on he never seemed to be in a hurry. He had a healthy rhythm that came from that space called margin, A winning ATTITUDE that came from the place of SOLITUDE.
PHIL 2:5 Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus.
NUFF SAID
Good word this morning, Pastor. I can honestly say that I share this attitude, of 'strategic solitude.' I think that it is of the utmost importance for us, as individuals, to have some alone time each day. Just to disconnect from the go,go,go world of FB and twitter and step back and analyze our path. Is the path we are walking our path? Or the path that God would have us walking? Without quiet time with God, it is easy to get off track.
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