{"id":5428,"date":"2022-02-23T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shop.honestreflections.net\/?p=5428"},"modified":"2022-02-11T08:38:26","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T13:38:26","slug":"desolate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2022\/02\/23\/desolate\/","title":{"rendered":"DESOLATE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Daily Reading:<\/strong>  Leviticus 14:1-57 ESV<\/a>, Mark 6:3ccc0-56 ESV<\/a>, Psalm 40:1-10 ESV,<\/a> Proverbs 10:11-12 ESV<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daily Verse:<\/strong> \u201cAnd he said to them, \u201cCome away by yourselves to a desolate<\/em> place and rest awhile.\u201d For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat.\u201d (Mark 6:31 ESV<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EREMOS (2048): <\/strong>\u201cLonesome, waste, desert (13x), desolate (4x), solitary (1x), wilderness (32x).\u201d[I]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Desolate miracle.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Jesus\u2019 ministry gained movement, finding time away from the crowds became increasingly difficult.  The apostles, returning from a divine mission, need a break.  Jesus invites them to \u201ccome away by yourselves to a desolate place and rest a while\u201d (vs. 31).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately or not, the crowd saw the guys heading out in the boat and followed them.  Arriving before Jesus and the boys, the masses waited with anticipation for them.  Jesus has compassion for the people and begins teaching.  Because of the desolate area, Jesus performed a famous miracle, feeding the crowd of 5,000 with five loaves of bread and two fish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miraculous desolation.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesus wouldn\u2019t have fed the 5000 if they weren\u2019t in a desolate area.  Impossible circumstances create opportunities for miracles.  We don\u2019t pray for miracles when we\u2019re on vacation at the beach.  However, if we\u2019re hungry and stranded in an isolated place, I\u2019m sure our conversations with God become much more passionate.  Pleading for divine intervention becomes intense when we feel most alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Without bad days we wouldn\u2019t appreciate good ones.  Walking with God takes us through both types of days.  God calls us into desolate places which become fertile ground for miracles.  Impossible circumstances have miraculous results when we journey with Jesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes, God takes us to lonely places, like Jesus took the disciples.  When God brings us into the wilderness, He\u2019s preparing us for the miracle.  Miraculous events require desolate circumstances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[i]<\/a> Strong, J., & Strong, J. (2010). The New Strong’s expanded exhaustive concordance of the Bible<\/em>. Greek Dictionary of the New Testament<\/em> (p.102) Thomas Nelson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2 minute read. Daily Reading:  Leviticus 14:1-57 ESV, Mark 6:3ccc0-56 ESV, Psalm 40:1-10 ESV, Proverbs 10:11-12 ESV Daily Verse: \u201cAnd he said to them, \u201cCome away by yourselves to a desolate place and rest awhile.\u201d For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat.\u201d (Mark 6:31 ESV) EREMOS (2048): \u201cLonesome, waste, desert (13x),… Continue reading DESOLATE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5428"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5432,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5428\/revisions\/5432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}