This past weekend, we enjoyed the Lord Jesus at the college conference in Latham Springs. The conference was concerning the rise of the young people. We learned that it is necessary to have a morning time with the Lord.
"And rising very early in the morning, while it was still night, He went out and went away to a deserted place, and there He prayed . And Simon and those with him hunted for Him, and they found Him and said to Him, All are seeking You. And He said to them, Let us go elsewhere into the the nearby towns that I may preach there also, because for this purpose I came out. And He went preaching in their synagogues in the whole of Galilee and casting out the demons. Mark 1:35-39.
I enjoyed that the Lord rose "very" early while it was still night and also went to a deserted place to pray. Sometimes when I wake up its light outside. The Lord was able to wake up even before the sun to pray, to have a morning time. Then it says that Simon and those hunted for Him. The word "hunted" is the same as the word "pursue" The disciples pursued after the Lord early in the morning, and they found Him. Then the disciples went on to say that everyone was looking for Him, but the Lord went another direction, saying that they should go elsewhere. The ones that were "seeking" the Lord are the ones that did not get up early in the morning to hunt/pursue the Lord. We need to be those who are desperate in our pursuit of the Lord in a real way. A way that is early in the morning before the sun even gets up. Praise the Lord for his burden for us to have a morning time to seek out the Lord in prayer. May I seek a time in the morning to touch the Lord everyday, early in the morning
