Even Christ Needed Devotional Time

Luke 5:15-16, But now even more the report about him went abroad, and great crowds gathered to hear him and to be healed of their infirmities. But he would withdraw to desolate places and pray.

With so many making heavy demands of Him, Jesus regularly withdrew to isolated places to pray. We must not forget this, especially those in ministerial positions! You may have more work to do for those who depend on you than you can find time for, but even Jesus Himself considered nothing more valuable than His time with the Father. Yes, there are countless hurting souls and many ills to alleviate but time spent alone with God (in word and quiet fellowship) supersedes them all even as God Himself is more important than all.

If Christ Himself, the One capable of healing and feeding multitudes in hours, the exemplar of effectual service to the needy, as a man had to recharge His spiritual batteries, we must imagine ourselves ultra-divine humans when we refuse to make time in a busy day to seek our Father's face. If God Himself needed God's fellowship to get through a day on earth, how much more do we humans, created to depend upon and seek the Lord, need to allocate time to commune with our Creator, lest we become completely overwhelmed. Sonseekers, pray!