Wisdom-Trek / Creating a Legacy
Welcome to Day 1059 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.
This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom
Alone With God – Meditation Monday


Wisdom - the final frontier to true knowledge.  Welcome to Wisdom-Trek! Where our mission is to create a legacy of wisdom, to seek out discernment and insights, to boldly grow where few have chosen to grow before. Hello, my friend, I am Guthrie Chamberlain, your captain on our journey to increase Wisdom and Create a Living Legacy.  Thank you for joining us today as we explore wisdom on our 2nd millennium of podcasts. This is Day 1059 of our Trek, and it is time for Meditation Monday.  Taking time to relax, refocus, and reprioritize our lives is crucial in order to create a living legacy.  For you, it may just be time alone for quiet reflection.  You may utilize structured meditation practices. In my life meditation includes reading and reflecting on God’s Word, and in prayer.  It is a time, to renew my mind, refocus on what is most important, and making sure that I am nurturing my soul, mind, and body.  As you come along with me on our trek each Meditation Monday, it is my hope and prayer that you too will experience a time for reflection and renewing of your mind.

 

In our fast-paced, constant stimulus, technology-driven world, we have little time to be alone with ourselves or alone with God.  In our Meditation Monday today I want us to reflect on:
Alone With God
How long has it been since you went off to an isolated place to be with God? I mean really alone? No distractions.  No background noise.  No mobile phone.  Just you and God.  How long since you gave him a portion of undiluted, uninterrupted time listening for his voice?

It is very difficult to do so, especially if you have children in your home constantly vying for your attention.  It is important that we plan those times in our busy schedules, or it will not happen.   We need to set the time aside to commune with God through prayer, and He speaks to us through His Word.  There is no substitute.  It is a time of refreshment.  For renewing of your mind.  It provides sustenance for spiritual strength.   Is it really that important?Apparently, Jesus thought so. Although he was fully God, in his incarnation, he was also fully man.  As a human in his flesh, he was subject to the weaknesses of body, mind, and soul as we are, and yet without sin.  He made a deliberate effort to invest time with God. If you invest much time reading about the life of Jesus a distinct pattern emerges. He invested regular time with God, praying and listening. Mark 1:35 says, Before daybreak the next morning, Jesus got up and went out to an isolated place to pray. Luke 5:16 tells us, But Jesus often withdrew to the wilderness for prayer.Let me ask the obvious. If Jesus, the Son of God, the sinless Savior of humankind, thought it worthwhile to clear his calendar to pray, wouldn’t we be wise to do the same?

That is a wrap for today’s meditation, next week we will continue our trek on Meditation Monday as we take time to reflect on what is most important in creating our living legacy.  On tomorrow’s trek, we will explore another wisdom quote.  This 3-minute wisdom supplement will assist you in becoming healthy, wealthy and wise each day.  Thank you for joining me on this trek called life. Encourage your friends and family to join us and then come along tomorrow for another day of ‘Wisdom-Trek, Creating a Legacy.'  If you would like to listen to any of the past 1058 daily treks or read the daily journal, they are available at Wisdom-Trek.com. I encourage you to subscribe to Wisdom-Trek on your favorite podcast player so each day will be downloaded to you automatically.

Thank you for allowing me to be your guide, mentor, and most importantly,