3. Get alone with Us every chance We provide. Choose intimacy with Us over distraction and busyness.
- Psalm 63:1-11 A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water. So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and glory. Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you. So I will bless you as long as I live; in your name I will lift up my hands. My soul will be satisfied as with fat and rich food, and my mouth will praise you with joyful lips, …
- Song of Solomon 2:10 My beloved speaks and says to me: “Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away,
- Mark 5:35 In the early morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house, and went away to a secluded place, and was praying there.
- Luke 5:16 but Jesus Himself would often slip away to the wilderness and pray.