Solitary Place with God
In the morning, rising up a great while before day, He went out, and departed into a solitary place and there prayed. Mark 1:35
It is not always when we are the busiest, that we accomplish the most. The rush of life and its demands can be overwhelming and leave us spiritually breathless. Jesus felt this and sought solitude to pray and be refreshed. He also took the disciples to the desert to find a place of peace (Lk. 9:10). Andrew Bonar said, “In order to grow in grace we must be much alone. It is not in society that the soul grows most vigorously…it is in the desert that the dew falls freshest and the air is purest.” The soul needs calmness to receive this dew of heaven. May each of us seek that solitary place of renewal.
--E. Dyck
Blessed quietness, holy quietness, what assurance in my soul!
Banish unbelief and sadness, how the billows cease to roll.
--M. Ferguson
