Filling Stations

And He said to them, "Come away by yourselves to a secluded place and rest a while." (For there were many people coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.
Mark 6:31

This week I was talking to my wife and some siblings in the Lord about my desire to start withdrawing to a solitary place, just like Jesus did frequently. I was listening to Misty Edwards of IHOP-KC talking about the fasted lifestyle, but not just fasting from foods, but from all the things that bombard us constantly. All of this input, huge amounts of media, the cares and demands of daily life, create tremendous noise and distractions.
The Lord through His Holy Spirit speaks to us in a "still small voice", in a whisper, requiring us to lean in and be attentive, to be still and turn off everything else. When I say everything, I mean to say-as the Lord is saying to me- everything: Starting with our smartphones, iPads, twitter, Facebook, tumblr, email,text messages, TV, radio, CD/DVD, phone calls...everything.
Just us and Him alone in the Garden, sitting in our Father's lap, on our faces with the Holy Spirit, attended by the burning ones, the seraphim crying HOLY HOLY HOLY nonstop before Him.
This is a hunger and thirst that is inside most of us, that will only be satisfied by quiet times at the "filling station".
Jesus said, "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for they will be filled.

"And early in the morning, while it was still dark, He arose and went out and departed to a lonely place, and was praying there."
Mark 1:35

"And immediately He made His disciples get into the boat and go ahead of Him to the other side to Bethsaida, while He Himself was sending the multitude away. And after bidding them farewell, he departed to the mountain to pray."
Mark 6:45-46

Today, beloved, listen to that still small voice, turn off the noise and come away, meet Him in the Garden soon and often, whether an open country field, your closet, or other any place that affords you a time of solitude, that precious time to meet with Him.