(Day 15 of this series called “23 days to a better devotional life.” I’m posting daily this month on devotions.)

Christ’s alone time:

• His ministry began with a forty-day fast in the wilderness (see Matthew 4:1-11)
• He chose the twelve disciples after spending the entire night alone (see Luke 6:12)
• After receiving the news of the death of John the Baptist, He “withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place” (Matthew 14:13)
• He dismissed Himself to be alone after the miraculous feeding of the five thousand (see Matthew 14:23)
• Following a long night of work, He “got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place” (Mark 1:35)
• After Jesus healed the leper, He “withdrew to lonely places and prayed” (Luke 5:16)
• In preparation for the cross, He spent the night praying alone in the Garden of Gethsemane (see Matthew 26:36-46)

From An Appointment With The King by Joel Comiskey, page 52.