Title: Jesus' Vacation
1, A summer vacation where you leave with <just in case> and then return with <as expected>
2. Is Jesus Busy and Busy? Are you a relaxed and generous person?
Today our life is very busy. Everyone says they don't have time. From morning to night, it's crazy busy. So there is no time to pray, no time to talk to the children, no time to write letters to friends, no more time to read the Bible, even less time to care for the least of them. So what was Jesus' life like? Did Jesus lead a leisurely life? It was two thousand years ago, so back then everything would have gone back to slow motion. It might be thought that everything would have been monotonous and simple, so we would have had plenty of time, but the Bible proves how futile our imaginations are. Jesus was so busy that he literally did not have time to eat food, preaching the gospel, meeting people who came day and night, healing the sick, awakening the hardness of the Pharisees, Sadducees, and priests, and training his chosen disciples separately. Mark 6:31).
Let me ask you one question here. Is the image of Jesus we have of Jesus busy? Or is it a calm, relaxed, and generous Jesus somewhere? What is your image of Jesus? In my case I have the latter image. I'm sure you will probably feel the same way. Jesus lived a life so busy that there was not enough time to eat, so why do we feel that Jesus is not as <Jesus is busy and busy> but as <Jesus who is as fresh and abundant as a big tree planted by the water>? Believing in Jesus means becoming more like Jesus. Is the image of us living in a busy and busy modern life really like a <cool and fresh tree planted by the water> like Jesus? It is necessary to meditate deeply.
3. Jesus' Vacation Law
If we consider Jesus and our daily life and busyness, it would be a bloody wave. But Jesus lived the life of a <big tree planted by the waterside>, so why do we live a <crude, anxious, anxious life>? What is the secret that Jesus lived such a life? One of the biggest reasons for this is that Jesus' vacation method and ours are fundamentally different.
There is nothing in the Bible that says that Jesus' vacation law was this. However, in the words written by the Bible writer without intention and just passing by, you can find things that can be called Jesus' vacation laws (focusing on the Gospel of Mark).
* Passing by the Sea of Galilee (Mark 1:16)
* At dawn, rather at dusk, Jesus got up and went out to a secluded place (Mark 1:35).
* Jesus withdrew again to the sea with his disciples (Mark 3:7)
* When Jesus was alone (Mark 4:10)
* Only when you are alone (Mark 4:34)
* After saying goodbye to the crowd, he goes to the mountain to pray (Mark 6:46).
* Jesus left there and went to the border of Tyre and entered a house (Mark 7:24).
* Leaving them, he got back into the boat and went to the other side (Mark 8:13).
* Jesus and his disciples went out to the villages of Caesarea and Philippi (Mark 8:27)
* Jesus went up by himself to a high mountain (Mark 9:2)
* When Jesus sat facing the temple on the Mount of Olives (Mark 13:3)
Judging from the above records, Jesus stayed alone and sometimes with two or three of his disciples in the midst of his busy and busy daily life, and he withdrew, went up a mountain alone, walked on the seashore, and went out into a deserted desert where there was no one else. . Jesus' life was so busy that he didn't even have time to eat, but here is the secret that made his image so powerful, rich, and full of deep abundance.
4. Conclusive Suggestions
The essence of vacation is rest, recharge, and Re-creation. When Jesus said to his disciples who returned from their missionary journey, <Come and rest by yourselves in a secluded place, Mark 6:31>, rest is the prototype of the vacation. If our vacation today is a vacation addicted to false consciousness such as worrying about travel expenses, worrying about clothing, worrying about food, and leaving a record that I have been on vacation, there is no rest. Truly, a vacation that gives rest to the spirit, soul, and body is a real exhaustion vacation. Jesus showed the prototype of rest through the blankness of his life. <Relax> of <Separate>, <In a Secluded Place>, and <Alone> is just that. Make sure you follow Jesus' vacation laws this summer. Completely exclude all supplies, bring only < Bibles and hymns >, and go to < Alone or two or three people > or < A secluded place > and create a < Time of Rest >. I hope that you will be filled with grace to restore the original meaning of the holiday and taste the <Protoplasm of Rest>.