“Now in the morning, having risen a long while before daylight,
He went out and departed to a solitary place; and there He prayed.” Mark 1:35
Dr. Jud Lake is a professor of Preaching and Adventist Studies
at Southern University. Dr. Lake gave the devotional message on Thursday at the
pastors’ morning meeting. I was really blessed and I would like to share it
with you.
The book of Mark starts by talking about the ministry of Jesus.
The book goes straight into it. The first chapter talks about Jesus calling the
disciples, He casts out an unclean spirit, Jesus heals Peter’s mother-in-law, Jesus
is preaching in Galilee, and Jesus heals a leper. You can just sense the
busy-ness of Jesus.
Yes, Jesus was a busy person. But in the midst of the busy-ness
of Jesus is verse 35. Let’s read that again: “Now in the morning, having risen
a long while before daylight, He went out and departed to a solitary place; and
there He prayed.” Mark 1:35
Jesus took time to pray. It didn’t matter how busy He was. He
made sure to take time to pray.
How busy are you? Are you so busy that you have no time to spend
with God? We see how busy Jesus was in His ministry. And yet Jesus still took
the time to spend with God the Father. We are really busy and there is never
time. But we can make time. This is really important, because spending time
with God strengthens us, rejuvenates us, and brings us life.
Let us spend time with Jesus. Let’s make time to pray.
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