“And when He (Jesus) had sent the multitudes away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray.” Matthew 14:23

You awake in the morning and life hits you before your feet touch the ground. Your mind is already hard at work solving the problems of your day. There are jobs to do, loved ones to care for, homes to clean or mend, email to answer, and social media clamoring for attention. Pick any of a thousand things that fill up your day and each crosses your mind before your first cup of coffee. So we ask ourselves,

Where’s The Peace that Jesus Promised?

We find it right here in Matthew 14:23, in a verse that does not speak of miraculous healings, or waters parting, but of an even more profound truth. “When Jesus had sent the multitudes away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray.” Think about it. Jesus is son of the living God. If anyone in history ever had a direct hotline to God it was Jesus. He could have stood in the middle of the crowds and busied himself from morning till night tending to the tremendous needs of the world around him, and yet he slipped away in solitude to pray, to spend time with His Heavenly Father in prayer. If Jesus, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, found it necessary to spend time alone with God, what more motivation do we need?