| “It’s About Time” John 20:21 – Again, Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.” These were the words of Jesus after He was resurrected to His disciples. I have been thinking of this verse for some time. John reinforces this in 1 John 2:6 “Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.” So how was Jesus sent? How did Jesus live? There might be a few answers to this question, but ultimately, Jesus lived in fellowship first with the Father, then his followers. He lived under the authority of Father God and spoke and did what the Father desired because they were one (John: 5:19, 6:38, 8:28, 12:49-50, 9-11, 31). Jesus, being fully man and fully God, lived out the Christian life to show us how we are to live. This is a long-winded way of saying we need to be intentional, just as Jesus was intentional about one thing. How we spend our time. How is our devotional life? Key to the ministry of Jesus (who was fully God) was getting away and spending time with the Father. There is a promise in Jeremiah 29:13, “You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.” There is a direct correlation between our fellowship with the Lord and the time we spend with Him. I’m not going to tell you what that should look like, but we must be intentional in spending time with the Lord. In Psalm 63:1 David writes, “You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.” Luke 5:16, “But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.” The ministry of Jesus was composed of spending time with Father God. He spent all night in prayer before choosing the twelve. After learning of death of John the Baptist, He went away to pray and at the end of His earthly life, He prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane earnestly as He awaited the Cross. We too need to prioritize our day in a way where we make time for the Lord. Time is a precious commodity, and there are some things we must do and many things that can be optional. I want to encourage myself and you all that we shift our calendars so that we spend more time with Jesus this year. Isn’t it about time? Remember the words of Jesus after His resurrection, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.” Blessings Tom and Joy Bollig |