35 Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed. 36 Simon and his companions went to look for him, 37 and when they found him, they exclaimed: “Everyone is looking for you!”
38 Jesus replied, “Let us go somewhere else—to the nearby villages—so I can preach there also. That is why I have come.” 39 So he traveled throughout Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and driving out demons.
-Mark 1:35-39
Jesus started his day spending time with God the Father. The first thing he did was to go and pray and connect with the Father. That time with God the Father, gave Jesus the strength and the encouragement to continue his task to save humanity. Right before Jesus died for us, he had an intense time of prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane which gave him the encouragement to die on the Cross for us.
If Jesus need to the pray, we definitely absolutely need to pray! It shouldn’t be an afterthought to our day, but it needs to be the center-piece that all our other activities—school work, entertainment, socializing—branches out from. All other things need to orbit prayer. Notice how Jesus spends time with the Father first BEFORE he does any type of ministry. Even our service to God must grow out of our time with God.
As you’re living out your daily schedule during this quarantine, is prayer the center-piece of your day or an after thought to your day? Or maybe prayer is non-existent to your day.
At Harvesters we’re going to try to be creative to help you to spend time with God and make time with Him the centerpiece of your day. We’re thinking about having a daily communal devotional time through Zoom where people can show up to do devotions individually, but together in the senes that everyone is doing their own devos at the same time. Sometimes it’s easier to do something when you know others are doing it, too. Check in our Facebook group and our Instagram account for more info.
During this quarantine, may you learn to make time with God the center of all of your days.
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