SPENDING TIME WITH JESUS

From the desk of Pastor Tunde Daniels

Wednesday 21st October 2015

LIGHT FOR THE WAY
(Daily Devotional)

"Come aside and rest a while"(Mark 6:31 NKJV).

SPEND TIME WITH JESUS

Luke said: 'He departed and went into a deserted place. And the crowd sought Him and came to Him, and tried to keep Him from leaving them; but said to them, "I must preach the kingdom of God to the other cities also, because for this purpose I have been sent" (Luke4:42-43 NKJV). Examine the life of Christ: the control He exercised, the Criticism   He evoked, the communion He enjoyed with God, then follow His example!

Jesus say no to good things so He could say yes to the right things. That's not easy. God may want you to leave where you are, but you are staying; or He may want you to stay, but you are leaving. How can you know? Get away from the crowd and meet with Jesus in a deserted place. This word 'deserted' doesn't mean desolate, just quiet; a place to think, to pray, to hear from God, to refuel and re-chart your course. Hell hates to see you stop.

In the contemporary society, the devil major in three things: noise, hurry, and crowds: if he can keep us engaged in 'muchness' and the 'manyness' , he will be satisfied. He implants taxi meters in our brains. 'We hear the relentless tick, tick, tick, telling us to hurry, hurry, hurry, time is money, resulting in this roaring blur called human race. But Jesus stands against the tide saying 'come to me, all you who labor and heavy laden, and I will you rest'. (Matthew @1:28NKJV). Will you come? Will you follow Jesus come away to a quiet place.  A thousand voice will tell you not to. Ignore them

Prayer Point

Father, draw me to the place of communion and spiritual restoration in Jesus name.

Daily Bible Reading

Jer.33-34;1Timothy 1; Psalm 119: 41-48