Heralds Digest

  “ Now in the morning, having risen a long while before daylight, He went out and departed to a solitary place; and there He prayed. ” Mark‬ ‭1:35‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ When a fellowship or convocation of parties with delightful people is sweet, it is sometimes difficult for anyone to know the appropriate time to take a break or leave. Whereas, taking a delightful departure from a flow of current is mostly recommended against a detestable distraction from the original design. Like all electronic equipment and system automation are equipped with reset buttons for freshness, all active fellowship and services in life without the provision for retreat or refreshments are bound to embrace a derailment from the original purpose of God. In modelling the necessity of the desirable quiet time for all His disciples, Jesus embarked on a delightful departure into a solitary place to pray to God. It is instructive for all to note that this departure was embarked upon even when everyone was looking for Him...

  “Now in the morning, having risen a long while before daylight, He went out and departed to a solitary place; and there He prayed.” ‭‭Mark‬ ‭ 1:35 ‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/114/mrk.1.35.nkjv Without a clearly-defined key performance indicator (KPI) on every activity in human daily schedule, a desirable level of productivity cannot be attained in all of life’s projects. And just by mere devotion of daily resources into all activities in active engagements, life becomes loaded with daylight distractions rather than desirable deliverables. In His modelling of a quiet-time escape strategy, Jesus engaged a long while before daylight with a period of fellowship with God. Most times, people hardly wake up from bed before day-dreaming on daylight engagements; and buying into the devil’s strategy of distractions. Unknowingly, unwary pilgrims are often deceived into pursuing the day’s activities without understanding the purpose in the heart of the Creator of every day’s opportunitie...