Tuesday, March 19, 2019

JOHN Good Morning! I’m John Branning the Lead Pastor of Central United Methodist Church. Matthew 14:23 says, “…and when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone.” There were times that Jesus separated himself from the multitudes – and there are times when we need to separate ourselves from our lives and ministry and spend some time with our Lord. I love how Jesus climbed a mountain. Picture the shape of a mountain. It starts out wide at the bottom – the higher we climb, the narrower it becomes – and the more we must stay close to the center. As we go even higher, yet, there's less room to move to the left or the right – and there's less and less ground that can be compromised – the more focused we need to be and the less we can afford to be distracted. The higher we go, the less room we have to fool around! Whatever you may be dealing with, you may just need to separate yourself and climb up to spend time with the Lord – get centered on Him and focused on what He's calling you to.