A Morning with Christ

And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed. And Simon and those who were with him searched for him, and they found him and said to him, "Everyone is looking for you." And he said to them, "Let us go on to the next towns, that I may preach there also, for that is why I came out." (Mark 1:35-38 ESV)

I decided this morning to take a peek at Jesus' life and see what a typical morning looked like for him.

First, he got up out of bed very early in the morning. Does that mean that he got up at 3:30 like I did this morning? Nope. Just to help those of you who enjoy sleeping in in the morning, he just got up before the sun did. This by his definition is "very early."

Notice that he didn't lay in his bed and pray. He got up and went somewhere private. Somewhere that he could spend time alone with God, not fall back asleep, and speak freely with Him without waking up the rest of the family. For me, this is down in my office.

Next, he spent time in prayer. Do you spend your first moments that you get alone in prayer?

Now, it does not say that Jesus spent time in Bible study does it? But where do you suppose Jesus learned what he came away with that morning? He learned it by hearing God the Father speak to him. Where do we hear God the Father speak to us? I would suggest this comes through the Scriptures.

If we glance at what Jesus learned that morning, he learned what he was to do, and where he was to go. He also came away knowing his purpose. He was to preach. He knew that was his purpose. He knew that he was to go to the next town.

It is quite possible that Jesus learned all of this by simply meditating upon Isaiah 61:1.
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me,
because the Lord has anointed me
to bring good news to the poor;
he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives,
and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; (Isaiah 61:1 ESV)


Where in the Scriptures this morning could you spend time meditating and praying to God the Father? You don't need a contemporary book to inform you of your purpose, it is already there to be found in your Bible.