Day 1) Luke 5:16- “But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places where he prayed.”
Isolation is not a
normal way to live. We are designed by
God to love not to be isolated. There
have been many studies done about how isolation even in space stations and
Antarctica isolated stations that speak of how being alone wears your immunity
system and health down.
But when you have a disease that may be highly contagious, It is
important to be isolated. Tens of
thousands of medical workers have for many months been isolated from their
families for fear of giving them the coronavirus.
While isolation is not the ideal, if
you find yourself isolated it is important to make the most of it. Jesus actually sought isolation. He wanted to be alone in prayer with the
Father. So he often withdrew to lonely
places where he prayed. He left to go
to the wilderness after his cousin John (the Baptist) was beheaded, but 5,000
followed him. He later sent them off,
and still went up to pray. Afterwards he
walked to his disciples on the water in a storm. Jesus saw isolation as a time not to just veg
out (though he didn’t have Netflix, or videogames), but Jesus saw it as a time
to get right with God. We should use our
isolation time like that as well.
Prayer: Lord, let me get right with you, the living God in
my time of isolation.
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