Story of Jesus

As we’ve read in class, there many moments throughout the book of Luke were Jesus would take time away from his followers and seek solitude. Over the course of Thanksgiving break, I replicated this as best I could and kept a journal of my most intimate moments alone with Jesus and I’m not too proud of what I found. At first, I didn’t take this journal that seriously. I thought that I had a great relationship with Christ and so this would be easy for me to accomplish.

However, I wasn’t prepared to become totally lost in my own jungle of thought and doubt just as Jesus was. I’m not in any way saying that I view myself to be a better writer than Luke, but I feel I did a good job recording my own experiences during the course of break. During the very rare quiet moments in my house, I Found myself alone in my room trying to seek God. It was, to my suprise, much more difficult than I originally thought. As I laid in my bed, my mind would wander to and fro and I would find myself thinking about my future, my many mistakes I made in my past, and what plan God has in store for me. I desperately wanted to hear him. I cried out to him asking for peace of mind and for his guidance.

Almost immediately after crying out to God, I found myself more at ease and ready to roll with God. As I said in the begging, where I went in those quiet moments really did frighten me. However, in those dark moments, found myself growing closer to God. I recalled in class while on my own journey, we talked about what it meant to be “in between the two trees.” This is the idea that humans are between both God and Satan. We are subject to all of this sin and misfortune in this world because we chose to forsake God’s love and grace and exchanged it for the harsh reality of the world we live in today.

Despite all of the pain, suffering, and sin of our world which we’ve caused with our own hands, God still wants to form a relationship with us which he showed through his son Jesus. As I mentioned above, throughout the book of Luke, there are several instances where Jesus sought solitude which I would like to highlight. Luke 4:1-2, 14-15. After Jesus was baptized, He spent 40 days praying in the wilderness. After this He was tempted by Satan and then began His public ministry. Luke 6:12-13.

Early in His ministry Jesus spent the whole night alone in prayer. The next day He chose his 12 disciples. Luke 22:39-44. Hours before Jesus was arrested He went to the Mt. of Olives and went a short distance away from His disciples to pray. He was in great emotional agony knowing what he was about to face. Luke 5:16. Many times in Jesus’ ministry He spent time alone in prayer.

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