“But now even more the report about Him went abroad, and great crowds gathered to hear Him and to be healed of their infirmities. But He would withdraw to desolate places and pray.” (Luke 5:15-16 ESV).
As I have studied Scripture, I have often noticed that Jesus would frequently withdraw from the crowds and often even from His disciples to pray and fellowship with the Father. I understand that He no doubt did that to be an example, to demonstrate a pattern to us that we must follow in His footsteps and fellowship with the Father. I have a feeling that it even goes deeper than that though.
In theology there is a term called the Hypostatic Union. The Hypostatic Union is merely a scholarly way of communicating the doctrinal truth that Jesus is both fully God and fully man. It is my belief that prayer was the mechanism Christ used to connect His divinity to His humanity as well as a way to fellowship with the Father. I do not mean to diminish the fellowship of Christ and the Father, as that is obviously what He was doing, for after all, He Himself stated that, “I and the Father are One.” (John 10:30).
Imagine the ministry which Christ had, and how difficult it must have been mentally, physically, spiritually, and emotionally. If even Jesus had to withdraw to desolate places and be with the Father t ...
