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| Jas 5:16b The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. | August 19, 2008 |
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A DESERT PLACE"And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and told Him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught. And He said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat." MARK 6:30,31 How wonderful to be able to gather ourselves together unto the Lord Jesus and to tell Him all things. That is what we do at Prayer Meetings. Of course we also need to remember to give Him praise, and thanks, as well as asking petitions of Him. The apostles did this also, I'm sure. But now, notice the compassion, the heart of Jesus. He had concern for them. "Come ye yorselves apart into a desert place and rest a while: "He says unto them. Would it not be great to be there with Him, to feel, and to experience that same concern and compassion for ourselves. But we can know and experience His compassion, His wonderous love. The following is an example: "Now before the fest of the Passover, when
Jesus knew that His hour was come that He should depart out of this
world unto the Father, having LOVED HIS OWN WHICH WERE IN THE WORLD,
HE LOVED THEM UNTO THE END." JOHN 13:1
It is always so comforting to think of that wonderous Love and compassion that Christ has for us, the Church, His body. The apostle John often referred to himself as the apostle that Jesus loved. He never made reference to his love of Christ, (as far as I have found), however I'm sure that he did. But, he considered it more important that Christ loved him. We should really think on this as speaking of how much we love Christ or God, but to bask in His love for us. How wonderful, simple, and comforting. Peter learned a lesson about himself when Christ had to ask him thrice, "lovest thou Me more than these?" So consider for ourselves, what's more important? But now, the Lord said to the apostles "Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place."He was concerned that they didn't have time even to eat because the place was very busy. There is a lesson for us here also. When we are constantly busy, we may forget to eat, that is to feed upon Christ. When troubles abound. we can't eat, we can't drink. God placed a lambs nostrils close to their mouth so we could see an example of this lesson. A lamb cannot drink from troubled water. Hence we see in Psalms 23 that...."He leadeth me beside the still waters." So it is that the Lord would desire for us to at times to "come ye apart into a desert place" and to have daily quiet times with the Lord. So not only does He desire us to come together in collective prayer but also to be alone at times in solitary prayer. Phil Dowd Sr.
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