Mark 6:31-32 NLT “Then Jesus said, ‘Let’s go off by ourselves to a quiet place and rest awhile.’ He said this because there were so many people coming and going that Jesus and his apostles didn’t even have time to eat. So they left by boat for a quiet place, where they could be alone.”
Jesus being fully God was also fully man. He got tired and hungry just the same as you and I. The verse above speaks of many people coming and going, wherever Jesus walked throngs of people gathered.
Fast forward two thousand years and here we are within throngs of people. We get tired, hungry, wore down and wrung out. We meet ourselves coming and going! Often we can get cranky, take a word or two spoken the wrong way, speak a word or two the wrong way.
This is when we need to not only heed the advice in the scriptures but to follow Jesus’ lead. Find a quiet spot and moment to be alone, rest, and receive nourishment.
When Jesus would seek the quiet spots he sometimes went off alone but just as often he took the apostles with him, this was a relaxed time where they could ask Jesus the questions in their hearts or he might offer an answer to a parable recently taught or another lesson for the future walk of a Christian.
Jesus offers us the same trip with him in a boat, sailing across a lake to a quiet spot where we too may sit and ask the questions of our heart, enjoy the salve of his soothing words within the Bible, or just simply invite him to quietly sit with us as we do nothing but let our body and minds unwind and relax as our eyes gaze out the window at the skies above.
Exodus 33:14 ESV “And he said, ‘My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
Psalm 4:8 ESV “In peace I will both lie down and sleep; for you alone, O’ Lord, make me dwell in safety.”
Matthew 11:28 ESV “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”
In this season of too much to do, too many people in the mall, and too much traffic on the roads, I invite you for a boat ride to a quiet spot with our Lord to recoup, restore and refresh!
Be blessed today, try and be a blessing and thank you as always for joining me. 🥰
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