Alone With God

[Chad]

Alone With God
A.W. Tozer

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."

 

[Trishann]

Chad I think maybe the Lord is trying to get a message to the people in these days. I am like you, I think it is very important to go to church, and things like that, but it don't take place in having a relationship with our Lord Jesus Christ. Be still and know that I am God.

 

[Katzie]

I agree and sometimes the Lord just has to force me to rest by taking away my strength. If I use that time to read the Bible, worship Him and Pray, I learn the greatest lessons I ever learn.

I recently had a major breakthrough with the Lord revealing things to me about my past that have caused me to think the way I used to until He revealed it to me that I need to love myself and stop beating myself up with criticism.

The Joy and the excitement I have now because of that are making my days more productive and are constantly giving me more and more testimony for non-believers.

Not only that, but the Lord will also prepare us for something that is going to happen by letting us know we need to be still and spend our time alone with Him for a while as He changes us and makes us ready to deal with whatever it is that is coming our way.

I thank God so much for teaching me to be still and to know that He is God and He is aways with us.

Praise God!!!!
Katzie