(Audio Book) Alone With God — A.W. Tozer

Jesus Withdraws to the Mountain Before Ministry

And Jesus went up on the mountain, and there he sat with his disciples. John 6 to 3. Just prior to this miraculous multiplying of the bread and fish, Jesus went up on a mountainside and sat down with his disciples 6 to 3.

What Solitude Teaches That Crowds Cannot

That fact is noteworthy. It seems plain that Jesus withdrew purposely from the great press of people who had been pursuing him. There are some things that you and I will never learn when others are present.

Fellowship and the Limits of Collective Worship

I believe in church and I love the fellowship of the assembly. There is much we can learn when we come together on Sundays and sit among the saints. But there are certain things that you and I will never learn in the presence of other people.

Religious Activity Must Be Preceded by Aloneness

Unquestionably, part of our failure today is religious activity that is not preceded by aloneness, by inactivity. I mean getting alone with God and waiting in silence and quietness until we are charged with God's Spirit.

Waiting in Silence to Be Prepared by God

Then, when we act, our activity really amounts to something because we have been prepared by God for it. Now, in the case of our Lord, the people came to him, John reports, and he was ready for them. He had been quiet and silent.

He had sat alone with his disciples and meditated. Looking upward, he waited until the whole hiatus of divine life moved down from the throne of God into his own soul. He was a violin tuned. He was a battery recharged.

Prayer for Quietness and Divine Filling

He was poised and prepared for the people when they came. Faith beyond reason, 130 ,133. Lord, I'll say I'll spend a lot of time in the company of people today, but just now I come in quietness and silence to wait for you to fill me.

Amen.