DEVOTION - TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 2012

DEVOTION - TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 2012

“THE QUIET OF THE SHEPHERD’S CAVE”

The Chapel in a Cave in the Shepherds Fields Empty Except for Me

”A Time Alone”

By Rev. G. Mel Dunn

Read: Matthew 14:23 “And when He had sent the crowds away, He went up into a mountain apart to pray. And when evening had come, He was there alone."

Jesus needed time alone. He needed to think, pray, and commune with the Father. And we find Him often slipping away from the crowds to pray. Even on the Mountain of Temptation and in the Garden in Agony, He prayed and faced temptation alone.

God instructs us to come alone, in prayer, and He promises the He will hear and give us the strength for our journey, “But you, when you pray, enter into your room. And shutting your door, pray to your Father in secret; and your Father who sees in secret shall reward you openly.” (Matthew 6:6)

And the prophet Isaiah says, “Even the young shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall; but those who wait on Jehovah shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint. (Isaiah 40:30-31)

It is hard to find a time alone to pray when you are on a hurried tour, rushing with a crowd from place to place. But, in the Shepherd’s field in this small chapel in a cave, I found myself alone with God. Even in Bethlehem, God provides our needs.

“Dear Lord, during this hurried season, help us to find time to spend alone with You. Amen”