Today’s Reading John 6:1-24
It is a great pleasure and honor to start this new year again with the Biblejournal. Being part of this community has truly been a blessing to my family, my friends, and myself. It is an honor that I take deeply and with a lot of humility.
As we start this new year we are focusing on God’s Word of Life. Today’s reading comes from John 6:1-24. In this passage we see two miracles of Christ: The blessing of the 5000 and Jesus walking on water.
Throughout the past several years, this chapter has come up in many of our discussions here in the Biblejournal. As I read and prepared for this blog writing I noticed a highlighted portion of this chapter which gave me pause.
The particular section is within the first several verses of the chapter. I have to be honest, I sometimes glance over the first sections of literature and try to get into the true meat of the subject. But when I allow the Spirit to slow me down and direct me, I am able to find little gems of knowledge. In the first verse of the chapter we have the setting of the two miracles that Jesus performs.
First, the timing of these miracles is during Passover which is the Jewish New Year. Next, this is the second Passover of Jesus’ ministry. He has been healing and spreading the gospel for over a year and people are aware of his power.These gems are great, but one that has my undivided attention is John 6:3.
Jesus went up on the mountain, and there he sat down with his disciples.
In this sentence, God gives us direction on what is important in the new year… sit and be with him in a secluded spot. This is the essence of Quiet time. How often do we just sit with Jesus on a daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly basis? I can attest that my quiet time has been lacking for the last several months. I have been in prayer and devotion, but my intentional quiet time has not been what Jesus is wanting. What is you quiet time like? How can we go forward this year and become more intentional in our quiet time? How can we start: 1 min, 5 min, 10 min? No matter where we start He is waiting and wants to enjoy anytime with Him. Have a blessed week.