Making Time to Withdraw

Applying the Bible · May 26, 2022 · 6m

But he would withdraw to desolate places and pray. (Luke 5:16)

Continually throughout the gospels, we see Jesus withdrawing to desolate places in between serving and it was to spend time in prayer with His Father. How different His effectiveness in ministry would have been if He wouldn’t have intentionally set this time aside.

Often Jesus is thought of as somehow supernaturally more empowered than us when He was here fulfilling His earthly ministry because He is God. But we have to remember that just because He didn’t separate from His deity didn’t mean He wasn’t fully human like us…