Time with the Lord

How often do you get to spend quiet time with the Lord?  It is good to be alone!  We are too busy with the things of this world.  We need to find that secret place to get away from everything.  Jesus went and found a solitary place to pray and to draw strength from the Father because He knew the great responsibility that lay upon His shoulders.  The people would press Him daily as he taught them.  When Jesus went into the wilderness for forty days, the enemy came to Him because he knew that Jesus was flesh.  After spending time in fasting Jesus body was weak, He was hungry and tired.  Yet, Jesus had received from the Father the strength He needed to go through the testing.  He did not give into the schemes of Satan.  Sometimes, in life we are bombarded with things that we want to run away.  How about finding a retreat in our secret place with the Lord.  The only way we can draw strength from everyday life is to spend time alone with the Lord.  Sometimes, He wants us to come before Him and just sit and be still and hear His voice.  Jesus went to the mountainside to pray.  He arose up early in the morning to get away and to be strengthened for the day ahead.  Can you imagine how the people were coming to Jesus because they heard He was healing people, blinded eyes were being opened, a woman with an issue of blood for twelve years was healed, the dead were being raised and the lady He met at the well He knew everything about her? Each of these people took the time to seek Jesus out and they found the answers to what they were seeking.  They were healed and set free by the Father. We too must take the time to be still and hear from heaven and wait upon The Lord.