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Refueling Our Minds
Okay, so hopefully you're getting to know Jon by this point. He is the typical 17 year old guy who has become the central character of these devotionals. As we've seen, Jon's crazy-busy life isn't allowing him to take care of himself like he should. In our last devotional, we saw how Jon wasn't taking care of his body and the negative effects that was having on him physically. Well guess what. Jon's extreme business isn't allowing him to take care of his mind either. You see, Jon hardly has any time to himself, and the time he does have, he's too exhausted to do anything but crash in front of the TV or Xbox. In other words, there's not much time for Jon to spend time alone with God. The result of all this? Jon is emotionally and spiritually exhausted. His grades are slipping, he's becoming more irritable and difficult to get along with, his outlook on life has become more negative, and his daily walk with God has become almost non-existent. How can Jon reverse this disturbing trend in his life? How can he begin refueling his mind? First of all, Jon needs to slow down and get away. You know who practiced this too? Jesus. That's right. Jesus Himself used to take breaks from His busy ministry and get away to spend time alone with God and pray. Luke 5:16 says, "But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed." We see this again in Mark 1:35 where it says, "Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to solitary place, where He prayed." As we can see from the example of Jesus, He regularly sought quiet and solitude to help maintain His intimate connection with His Father. Don't you think if Jesus did this, we should do it too? Continue reading…
