Quiet

Life is Busy, Life is hectic, and life seems to never give you a break. You get a day where you do not have to go into work, what do you do? You work on the house. You finally get the house clean, what do you do? You mow the yard. And just in that moment that you think you finally have it all done, Monday morning rolls around and it all begins again. We live a life of the revolving door, never hitting an end point but in constant motion. What is it that we feel we need most in life? How about a moment of quiet.

Jesus understood this, just six chapters into Luke’s account of the Gospel of Christ, he points out that Jesus takes a moment to be alone. Jesus, the messiah, the Christ, the Savior, God the Son takes a night to simply be alone with His Father. In the midst of the start of His ministry, He takes a night off from the craziness to be alone. If it is needed for the Messiah, the Son of God, it is needed for us. We see the most beautiful picture of what true rest, true quiet looks like in these verses.

Jesus does not simply go up on the mountain, pitch a tent, and go to sleep. Jesus escapes from the constant pressing of the world and goes to the only one who can help Him. This is in the middle of starting His ministry, in the middle of naming His disciples, in the midst of healings and teachings Jesus steps aside to be quiet and alone. If the Savior of the World has time to step aside from His day, we can find time to do the same.

There is one key importance we cannot miss. Jesus spent this time in prayer. He knew who could solve all His problems and help Him during this time, His Father. In our most difficult times we have to turn to our Heavenly Father. In our most enjoyable times we must turn to the Father. In all times, we need to make time for the One who loved us enough to send His Son to die for us. After this time of prayer, Jesus gets up and continues His ministry. He simply needed time alone with the Father.

Take some time today to bin in a quiet prayer, it will surprise you how much this could change your day. Why? Because life is busy, life is hectic, and life never gives us a break, but in that quiet moment of prayer, we can re-center on what truly matters.