Come apart, outside the camp, to commune (share one’s intimate thoughts or feelings with (someone), especially on a spiritual level) with God.
The first mention of meditation in the Bible was to bring comfort to Isaac, miracle son of Abraham. Gen 24:67
Isaac had put himself in a position to receive from God, he’d come apart outside the camp in the evening time. He saw the camels bringing Rebekah, his bride to be, as they approached. As we said yesterday, COMING APART from people allows us to COME TO GOD. Coming apart onto God may well mean that we perceive and know things before those in the clamour of the camp.
We also looked at Jacob’s return to the land of Canaan, with his children, servants and livestock. He’d fled from his uncle Laban, whom God warned in a dream not to say anything to Jacob. Then he met his brother Esau in weakness (with a dislocated hip socket) and in fear for his people and possessions. Jacob had to face his past with Esau, but after 20 years Esau was willing to forgive and forget, though Jacob blessed him with a generous gift. Genesis 33:10, 11
God had given Jacob family and livestock and he had to move at their pace
But Jacob said to him, ‘My lord knows that the children are tender and that I must care for the ewes and cows that are nursing their young. If they are driven hard just one day, all the animals will die. So let my lord go on ahead of his servant, while I move along slowly at the pace of the flocks and herds before me and the pace of the children, until I come to my lord in Seir’. Genesis 33:13, 14
Some of us may need to SLOW OUR PACE (or in some cases quicken it) and get back in step with the Spirit of God.
Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. Galatians 5:25
The whole world has been impacted by Covid today and much activity has been brought to a halt. Today more than ever we need to get in step and stay in step with God’s Spirit. The TIME OF ENFORCED STILLNESS AND SLOWER PACE is our chance to turn back to God! Who knows what the future will hold, but it’s we who need to correct and get in step with Him.
My wife Anne was blessed as she read the opening verses of Psalm 105 today in the Amplified Bible;
3 Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those rejoice who seek and require the Lord [as THEIR INDISPENSABLE NECESSITY].
4 Seek, inquire of and for the Lord, and crave Him and His strength (His might and inflexibility to temptation); seek and require His face and His presence [continually] evermore.
May the Lord bless and keep you today.