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

Pick any of a thousand things that fill up your day and each crosses your mind before your first cup of coffee. 14th century English author and poet, Geoffrey Chaucer, once said, “the tide and time wait for no man”. Indeed, every day the world keeps turning. So we ask ourselves,

Where’s The Peace that Jesus Promised?

We seem to have found 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 that we all need to live by. “When Jesus had sent the multitudes away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray.” Think about it for a minute. 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. If Jesus, the King of kings and Lord of lords, found it necessary to spend time alone with God, what more motivation do you need? Get off the world wide treadmill for a little while each day to go off for some alone time with God. I promise you, the world will get along just fine without you for thirty minutes each day. Spend time with your Heavenly Father.