PRESSING IN
Today's reading: Numbers 32-33, Luke 5:1-16, Psalm 61

"One day Jesus was preaching on the shore of the Sea of Galilee, great crowds pressed in on him to listen to the word of God." Luke 5:1 NLT

Here is where God took my heart this morning...

Can you imagine the effort these people went to in order to spend time with Jesus?

The miles they walked.

The energy they exerted.

The jobs they left behind.

The tasks they left undone.

The early hour at which they had to rise and shine and get on the road in order to reach the seashore.

The people they bumped in to.

The sack lunches they had to prepare for the journey.

The chores they had to accomplish around their homesteads before leaving for the revival service.

And all I do is get up to a chime-alarm, shower with hot water and line-dried towels of cotton, walk on carpet to my prayer chair, switch on the electric lights, open a Book and read His Word?

And still there are days I cannot find the time, do not have the desire, won't push aside a task, procrastinate or refuse to sit down to hear from Him?

They 'pressed in'--meaning they went to extremes, they stood shoulder to shoulder, they were crowded, they were not in a climate-controlled arena--they were sweating in the Middle East sunshine side-by-side. Just to hear Him.

Oh, friends, we have to make more of an effort!