Now when it was day, He departed and went into a deserted place. And the crowd sought Him and came to Him, and tried to keep Him from leaving them;—Luke 4:42
There are two applications in this verse...both of which I need to remember daily as I journey through this life.
The first is I need to depart to a deserted place to be alone with God. It is here...in the quiet....that I can listen for and hear His still small voice. It is here that my mind is renewed and progressively changed. It is here that I can examine what the will of God is...that which is good and acceptable and perfect in His plan and purpose for me. It is here away from the demands, trials and cares of this world, that I can truly abide...where I can enter His presence and behold Him! It is here in my solitude that I can come face to face with me and my sin, because it is here that I can see the Lord high and lifted up. It is here in the quiet where the Lord empties me of me and fills me with Him. When I turn to Christ, the “veil” is lifted and, as it says in 2 Corinthians 3, I can behold as in a mirror the glory of the Lord. I can be transformed into His image from glory to glory by His Spirit. After spending time with Jesus, I am more able to have compassion on the people around me, more ready to do the ministry that God has given me and more able to love others with the love that God has poured out by His Spirit in my heart.
The second application is that as He transforms me into His image I will be more approachable to those that are seeking Him. I can be the light in the darkness to those who are hurting or lost...to those who are searching for truth in this world.
For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to [give] the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.—2 Corinthians 4:6 (KJV)
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