As soon as the meal was finished, He insisted that the disciples get in the boat and go on ahead to the other side while He dismissed the people. With the crowd dispersed, He climbed the mountain so He could be by Himself and pray. He stayed there alone, late into the night. (The Message)
There were times that Jesus separated Himself from the crowds — and there are times when we need to separate ourselves from our lives and ministry, and spend some alone time with Jesus Christ.
I love how Jesus climbed a mountain. It made me think of an interesting analogy. Picture the shape of a mountain. It starts out wide at the bottom — the higher we climb, the narrower it becomes — and the more we must stay close to the center. As we go even higher yet, there’s less room to move to the left or the right — and there’s less and less ground that can be compromised — the more focused we need to be and the less we can afford to be distracted. The higher we go, the less room we have to mess around!Whatever you may be dealing with, you may just need to separate yourself and climb up to spend time with Jesus — get centered on Him and focused on what He’s calling you to. God wants us to learn to climb to the top and focus all of our lives on His will! Let’s take out some time this week to try it! Go and be alone with Jesus and let it be a time of refreshing and growing closer to Christ.
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