One moment, Jesus would be out teaching and healing as great crowds followed Him. And the next, He would disappear into the wilderness.
Every time I read about this, it makes me laugh because He didn't even tell His disciples where He was going. He would just disappear.
Everyone was looking for Him, and no one knew where He was. Sometimes it was just a few hours, other times a few days.
He did this often. Not once or twice, but frequently, He would go by Himself into the wilderness to pray.
This is a missing ingredient for Christians today. We are pressured to always be connected and available, and we are paying the price.
Believers everywhere hunger to hear God's voice. They want to be led and directed by Him. But, there is no space in their lives for God to speak.
Something about hearing God requires us to quiet our minds.
That's why Jesus frequently disappeared into the wilderness. He didn't have a phone like we do, but He did have a crowd following Him everywhere He went.
If Jesus needed time to quiet Himself in the wilderness so He could hear God, how much more do we?
