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itual needs, for in this way, we neglect personal piety and overtax
soul and body. God requires self-denial, but we must be careful that
Satan does not take advantage of our human weakness, and the work
of God be damaged.
As activity increases and we become successful in doing any
work for God, there is a tendency to pray less and to have less faith.
We lose sight of our dependence on God and seek to make a savior
out of our activity. It is Christ’s power that does the work. We
must take time for meditation, prayer, and study of the Word. Only
the work accomplished with much prayer and sanctified by Christ’s
merit will prove effective for good in the end.
Never Too Busy to Talk With God
No other life was so crowded with work as was that of Jesus, yet
how often He was found in prayer! Again and again we find records
such as these: “Having risen a long while before daylight, He went
out and departed to a solitary place; and there He prayed.” “Great
multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by Him of their
infirmities. So He Himself often withdrew into the wilderness and
prayed.” “Now it came to pass in those days that He went out to the
mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.”
Mark
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1:35
;
Luke 5:15, 16
;
6:12
.
The Savior found it necessary to turn aside from a life of endless
activity and contact with human needs to seek unbroken fellowship
with His Father. As one with us, He was entirely dependent on
God. In the secret place of prayer, He sought divine strength so that
He could go out braced for duty and trial. Jesus endured struggles
and torture of soul. In fellowship with God, He could unburden the
sorrows that were crushing Him. As a man, He brought His requests
to the throne of God till His humanity was charged with a heavenly
current that could connect humanity with Divinity. He received life
from God in order to give life to the world. His experience is to be
ours.
Today, if we would take time to go to Jesus and tell Him our
needs, we would not be disappointed. He is the Wonderful Coun-
selor.
Isaiah 9:6
. We are invited to ask wisdom of Him. He “gives
to all liberally and without reproach.”
James 1:5
.