PrintToday's "Moment with Mark" (47) "Time Out!"
7 January, 2013
The apostles returned to Jesus from their ministry tour and told him all they had done and what they had taught. Then Jesus said, "Let's get away from the crowds for a while and rest." (Mark 6:30-31 NLT)
Can you believe that? I wonder if Mark got things a bit confused. I mean, I can understand one of the apostles floating this idea of R & R. But Jesus? Getting away from the crowds seems to be the opposite of what I would have expected of Jesus. This call for some "time out" is so out of character; it just does not fit my image of Jesus.
If that's the case, then maybe it's time to change your image of Jesus so that it fits the facts rather than change the facts to fit your image of Him. From somewhere many of us have taken on board the philosophy that it is our life's mission to break down, burn out and blow up for Jesus.
It may be our way of living and serving in the Kingdom, but it was not Jesus' way. When the pressure of service got to the place where they didn't even have time to eat, someone had to call "time out". It was Jesus.
Too many of us are running on 'empty. We are serving out of our own depleted resources. We don't even have time to eat (in the sense of nourishing our inner person with spiritual food).To us the greatest challenge is to obey Jesus when He says to us, "Let's get away from the crowds for a while and rest."
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