I Think Jesus Likes Sitting by the Sea

"That day Jesus went out of the house and was sitting by the sea."  (Matthew 13:1)

Jesus was in somebody's house; then He "went out" to sit "by the sea."  God among men, Immanuel.  I think Jesus likes the sea.  I know He likes going to people's houses.  He took time for the begging, poor blind man on the road outside Jericho, and also went to the house of a very rich man------------ no discrimination or favoritism here!  He even made Peter's house "by the sea" a sort of headquarters.

Can you enjoy Jesus in the every day, or must it be some huge religious excitement rally, some great mission trip, some very busy project?  So often we pass over the times when Jesus just tried to get away and rest, perhaps to enjoy the great mountains around the Sea of Galilee.  What an idyllic scene!  Why don't I do that more?---- too religious, too obligatory, too guilty?  After all, He did say, "And it was very good!"

Isaac went out of his house into the field one evening just to meditate.  Ancient man and his God.  If you search the Scriptures from Genesis to Revelation, you will see the Servants of the Blessed Trinity enjoying His creation.  After all, where did the prophets receive some of their most astounding revelations?!?  I wonder if they always went to those locations just to receive some "message."  Yes, Jesus served humanity wherever He found them or they found Him.  But many times He found them in places He just enjoyed being as a Man among men.  I highly recommend it.

Father, in Jesus' Name, help me to see You where most don't look?  Amen.


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