Jesus: The Glory in the Desert Part 1

Jesus:  The Glory in the Desert  .... Part 1

                                     

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Matthew 4:1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.  

2 He fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was famished.  

In everything Jesus did, He showed us…

….The way to behave,

……..leadership skills,

…………..and how to depend on God.

In our time, when we want to get away, we often go to the beach, the mountains, or some entertainment park.  But, we never hear, “I have to get away…. I think I will go to the desert.”  But, this is what Jesus did!  He went to the desert…. And fasted!  He is Setting the Example of how to prepare and pray for the full advantage of receiving answers to our prayers.

The desert has some advantages for getting close to God.  In the desert fasting comes easier, little there to create distractions, and prayer comes easier in the silence.  But, a desert does not have to be a place in a big sand box.  For guidance of the Father, Jesus often went to the mountains… quiet mountains.  

The main issue for Jesus’ get-away was, be it the desert or later many times in the mountains….

................  Jesus wanted quiet solitude 
................     in being with God.  

In this solitude, prayerful thoughts came in being apart from others, clearness in listening came in solitude, vision of mission came with God’s whispers, understanding came in these stillness of those moments with the Father, and finally Guidance was felt through the Holy Spirit.  

As Jesus found His Vision of His Mission in the desert, My greatest desert, yet my greatest of time with God, the most abundant visible answer to my most needful prayer was found in the aloneness of a blacked out room.  Being full of meekness, my most humble time, in the darkest of nights, and in a most dangerous far away place from home… I found the fullness of God and the Guidance of the Spirit.  The place- Saigon, Vietnam.

When we seek in meekness, humility, and solitude with God our Abba Father, away from all distractions, and humbly seek the presence of God in our lives then we are following Jesus’ example for our lives and our prayers.  In this, we are being dependent on God, behaving as Jesus, and practicing the Perfect leadership skills of our Savior.

In our "desert", a place of solitude for introspection, we find not only the best place for praying…..

……but also  we find

…..…. It is also the best place for listening.

God gives us two ears and one mouth…. Maybe….

…..........we should listen more and talk less.  In listening, we just might find ourselves in a closer relationship with God.

Thanks be to God

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The very real importance of scripture in our lives

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Part 3  of Glory in the Desert

What was the real purpose of the Desert experience?

  

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GLORY IS FOUND IN MANY PLACES- Sports, politics, and movies just to name three. There was one man who looked IN SEEMINGLY A STRANG PLACE,  to the DESERT. There is no question who will still be remembered 100 years from now? Please share the message on your Fb page as you like, and if you like, click the FB 'Follow' button to have notifications of these publications.  For other messages like this, visit my FB page, or on FB visit-"A Daily Thought Group".

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