And Jesus went up on the mountain, and there He sat with His disciples.—John 6:3
Just prior to this miraculous
multiplying of the bread and fish, Jesus “went up on a mountainside and
sat down with his disciples”(6:3). That fact is noteworthy. It seems
plain that Jesus withdrew purposely from the great press of people who
had been pursuing Him.
There are some things that you
and I will never learn when others are present. I believe in church and I
love the fellowship of the assembly. There is much we can learn when we
come together on Sundays and sit among the saints. But there are
certain things that you and I will never learn in the presence of other
people.
Unquestionably, part of our
failure today is religious activity that is not preceded by aloneness,
by inactivity. I mean getting alone with God and waiting in silence and
quietness until we are charged with God’s Spirit. Then, when we act, our
activity really amounts to something because we have been prepared by
God for it….
Now, in the case of our Lord, the
people came to Him, John reports, and He was ready for them. He had
been quiet and silent. He had sat alone with His disciples and
meditated. Looking upward, He waited until the whole hiatus of divine
life moved down from the throne of God into His own soul. He was a
violin tuned. He was a battery recharged. He was poised and prepared for
the people when they came. Faith Beyond Reason, 130,133.
“Lord, I’ll spend a lot of time
in the company of people today, but just now I come in quietness and
silence to wait for You to fill me. Amen.”
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