There are times when putting others first is not easy. During times of personal challenges and difficulties we sometime just want to withdraw to ourselves and not deal with people. I don’t know about wanting to deal with people, but there was a time was Jesus suffered a personal situation and sought to get alone.
His cousin John had just been beheaded. When the news came to Jesus the Bible says that He decided to go off in a boat to a quiet, secluded place. Because of all that He had done the people would not leave Him alone. He looked out and saw the crowd, but instead of being put-off by them, His heart was once again moved with compassion.
His disciples encouraged Him to send them away – but in spite of the personal feelings He had He knew that these people needed ministered to. “They don’t need to go – feed them.” Now feeding them is another story, but for the moment lets remember Jesus’ attitude.
We all need a time a part, but there are times when even then, we must lay our feelings aside in order to serve.
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