Blog Journal Entry
January 21, 2008
Hi Fellow Journalers,
The staff at East Lake wants to do all we can to support you in your journaling. Every week one of us will put a personal recent entry on the blog. This will give you an example of journaling and allow you to respond with questions or comments. The staff person who posts will respond to your inquiries on the blog for that week.
Grace and Peace,
Kevin
Divine Interruptions - Matthew 14:1-21
S = When Jesus heard what had happened, he withdrew by boat to a solitary place. Hearing of this, the crowds followed him on foot from the towns. When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them and healed the sick.
-Matt 14:13-14
O = Imagine how Jesus would have felt hearing that his cousin John had been murdered by the king. Not only would this have been a personal loss for Jesus, but undoubtedly he would have realized how dangerous his ministry was as well. He decides he needs to get alone with his Heavenly Father to be comforted, to get new perspective and to get strength. As his boat lands (in other words, he didn’t get that private time), he is inundated by a massive crowd. He would have had every right to send the crowd away, but his love and compassion compels him to serve them. Jesus had a great intention to get alone with Father, but he was open to the interruption God had for him.
A = The first thing I love about this passage is that Jesus wants to get alone with God when his world caves in – I don’t tend to always do that. Many times it is almost as a last resort that I finally turn to God. The second thing I love is that even with this great intention, Jesus had this gracious and loving attitude toward an interruption that he probably wished he didn’t have. Can I grow a heart with so much wisdom and compassion that I would accept the divine interruptions God brings my way?
P = Lord, you know how much I need to be alone with you. Every time I step out of my routine to connect with you it is worth it. Give me the desire and discipline to run to you when something overwhelms me. I also pray, dear Jesus, that I would develop your kind of love and discernment to know when an interruption is from you and to pursue it with joy and peace.
January 21, 2008
Hi Fellow Journalers,
The staff at East Lake wants to do all we can to support you in your journaling. Every week one of us will put a personal recent entry on the blog. This will give you an example of journaling and allow you to respond with questions or comments. The staff person who posts will respond to your inquiries on the blog for that week.
Grace and Peace,
Kevin
Divine Interruptions - Matthew 14:1-21
S = When Jesus heard what had happened, he withdrew by boat to a solitary place. Hearing of this, the crowds followed him on foot from the towns. When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them and healed the sick.
-Matt 14:13-14
O = Imagine how Jesus would have felt hearing that his cousin John had been murdered by the king. Not only would this have been a personal loss for Jesus, but undoubtedly he would have realized how dangerous his ministry was as well. He decides he needs to get alone with his Heavenly Father to be comforted, to get new perspective and to get strength. As his boat lands (in other words, he didn’t get that private time), he is inundated by a massive crowd. He would have had every right to send the crowd away, but his love and compassion compels him to serve them. Jesus had a great intention to get alone with Father, but he was open to the interruption God had for him.
A = The first thing I love about this passage is that Jesus wants to get alone with God when his world caves in – I don’t tend to always do that. Many times it is almost as a last resort that I finally turn to God. The second thing I love is that even with this great intention, Jesus had this gracious and loving attitude toward an interruption that he probably wished he didn’t have. Can I grow a heart with so much wisdom and compassion that I would accept the divine interruptions God brings my way?
P = Lord, you know how much I need to be alone with you. Every time I step out of my routine to connect with you it is worth it. Give me the desire and discipline to run to you when something overwhelms me. I also pray, dear Jesus, that I would develop your kind of love and discernment to know when an interruption is from you and to pursue it with joy and peace.
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4 comments:
Wow this is way more than I wrote!
I do wonder about the "Man Side" Of Christ here. I know how God sometimes ministers differently to us during same or similar circumstances and since He was fully God and fully man, perhaps this was the way that the Father chose to meet Jesus( the man side) where He was. By getting his focus off His pain & off himself by sending him sheep to shepard.
Galen
That's an interesting insight. I had never considered why the Father allowed the interruption in Jesus' life. Perhaps he knew that Jesus needed to be distracted from his grieving and so he allowed the crowd to find him.
I am not reading through the same thing-I am journaling through the Purpose Driven Life.However, I love to read the comments being made & it adds to the daily reading for me. Journaling is so cool now that I am into it - Kevin had a great teaching on Sunday – I am in it heart and soul – now I pray it will stay!
This reading from Matthew is challenging from my point of view regarding how we operate today- knowing God ask us to spend time alone getting to know him, but using others crisis and needs to get to know him as well just in a different light. - Draw close to God in your personal time as well as your time with others he sends your way.
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