Following Jesus - For What.

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Miri

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Hi folks I've not been around for a while, my elderly aunt had an
accident, so the last few months have been exhausting taking
care of everything during the day and having to get up to help her
during the night.

I was thinking about this the other day and wondering if Jesus had
ever experienced what it was like to be wanted all the time and to be
at someone's beck and call.

I was basically having a bit of a pity party wondering if Jesus really
understood what it felt like!

Then I just got an image in my mind of Jesus walking along with the
disciplea and crowds and crowds of people following all wanting his attention.

(I think you all know me by now that I waffle on a bit before I get to the point, so
bare with me!)

It got me thinking that many people just followed Jesus for what they could get out of it,
they saw him feeding thousands, they saw him healing, they wanted his provision. But I
wonder how many in the crowds of people actually wanted to know Jesus for who he was
and wanted to be his friend.

They followed him even when Jesus wanted time out - if that had been me I think I would have
told them to get lost! But Jesus had compassion on them.

Yes he certainly knew what it was to be at people's beck and call and to find it hard to
have a minutes peace to himself.

It made me think though, how much time do we spend in Jesus' presence just being with
him, praising him and enjoying his company. Verses how much time do we spend asking
Jesus for "things".
 
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atwhatcost

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Miri said:
Hi folks I've not been around for a while, my elderly aunt had an
accident, so the last few months have been exhausting taking
care of everything during the day and having to get up to help her
during the night.

I was thinking about this the other day and wondering if Jesus had
ever experienced what it was like to be wanted all the time and to be
at someone's beck and call.

I was basically having a bit of a pity party wondering if Jesus really
understood what it felt like!

Then I just got an image in my mind of Jesus walking along with the
disciplea and crowds and crowds of people following all wanting his attention.

(I think you all know me by now that I waffle on a bit before I get to the point, so
bare with me!)

It got me thinking that many people just followed Jesus for what they could get out of it,
they saw him feeding thousands, they saw him healing, they wanted his provision. But I
wonder how many in the crowds of people actually wanted to know Jesus for who he was
and wanted to be his friend.

They followed him even when Jesus wanted time out - if that had been me I think I would have
told them to get lost! But Jesus had compassion on them.

Yes he certainly knew what it was to be at people's beck and call and to find it hard to
have a minutes peace to himself.

It made me think though, how much time do we spend in Jesus' presence just being with
him, praising him and enjoying his company. Verses how much time do we spend asking
Jesus for "things".
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I get what you're saying. For real! Something I really should do more often.

But it also got me thinking of something further.

Jesus was only truly alone once in his life on earth. Once in his life of eternity.

All other times he was with others. Yes. People. A lot! Mind blowing a lot. But through eternity he fused with Father and Spirit, forever having a love fest praising and agreeing with each other (however that works with just one God), and revering one another. Eternally. Forever and ever.

Even when people on earth asked again and again for what they needed or just wanted, he kept giving to them and to his Father and Spirit. Father and Spirit gave it right back to him too. And when his battery was on empty he stepped away from the people to recharge in prayer.

We know some of those times he did that. 40 days in the wilderness with nothing but his Father and Spirit to nourish him, minus one annoying Satan pestering him three times, but three time out of 40 days? He obviously spent more time with Dad and Spirit than Satan.

We know he walked away to pray a few other times. Those were merely recorded, but there are enough of them to see a pattern in what he did.

And then we know the last time. Gethsemane. All this time he was in constant communion with the Godhead. He knew what was about to happen well enough to sweat blood over it. They were still in constant agreement though.

And then he headed to his condemnation for things he never did -- things we did.

And sometime at the end, on that cross, that communion fell silent. The silence must have been deafening for someone who is eternal love fest mode. And he cried out, "My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?"

In that long moment of silence and separateness, he cried out what we should have been crying out all along.

(Thanks for the gentle reminder of who we are in God.)
 
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Miri

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Hi AWC, yes they are good points also.

It has made me realise how much of me time I spend asking for things from God
instead of just being with him.
 
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