Linger With The Father

Good Morning!! We are to learn from Jesus. During the time He walked on earth, He had greater responsibility than any of us will ever even think about having,...and He knew His time was limited. But He never let the "doing" interfere with His time with the Father. As we see in today's scripture, He left the crowds,...even the disciples, to spend time alone with the Father. He lingered in prayer. When we think we are too busy to spend quality time with God,...praying and meditating on His Word,...we are fooling ourselves.

After He had dismissed them, He went up on a mountainside by Himself to pray. Later that night, He was there alone,—Matthew 14:23 (NIV)

During one of Jesus' visits to the home of Mary, Martha, and Lazarus, Mary lingered at the feet of Jesus while Martha worked frantically in the kitchen, trying to prepare a meal that was just right. She complained to Jesus that Mary wasn't helping her and urged Him to send Mary into the kitchen to help. Do you remember how Jesus responded? The Lord said to her; "My dear Martha, you are worried and upset over all these details! There is only one thing worth being concerned about. Mary has discovered it, and it will not be taken away from her." (Luke 10:41-42 NLT) Like us, Martha was letting the details of doing everything just right control her. But, it's only when we linger with the Father that everything else in our life, can fall into place. It's only when we spend time with Him, that we can overcome our hurry sickness.

When we get so busy that we neglect our time with God,...we are too busy.

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Father God, we know we've been neglecting our quiet time with You. And we also realize now that we've neglected You,...by allowing the busy details of everyday living control to us. Our priorities have been out of order, and we've just become more and more frustrated. Lord forgive us, and help us learn to linger before You. In Jesus name, we pray. Amen.

"We live with good intentions of spending time with God, and turning our heart toward Him only to find at the end of the day that's the one thing we never got around to."