Be Still And Know

READ: Mark 1:35-37 NLT Before daybreak the next morning, Jesus got up and went out to an isolated place to pray. Later Simon and the others went out to find him. When they found him, they said, “Everyone is looking for you.” Jesus’ ministry has just begun and he’s much in demand and so very early in the morning he escapes to have some quiet time with his heavenly Father. He needed to carve out protected time for his relationship with God, but it wasn’t easy to find that time and within a short while the disciples are after him, informing him that everyone was looking for him. I have to believe that if Jesus the Son of God needed that protected time, then so do we. It’s the easiest thing in the world to stuff our lives full of activity. Anyone can do it. But amidst the activity we desperately need to stop and listen to God. I wonder how you find time to listen to God. Some have a definite amount of time that they set aside for God every morning or evening. Some people read through the bible each year and other