“And when he (Yeshua) had sent the multitude away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone.” Matthew 14:23
As we drive along our motorways and highways these days, we see regularly spaced “Services” or, as some countries call them, “Rest Stops.” Often, a couple of miles before them, we see road signs which boldly state “Tiredness Kills. Take a break.”That is quite an incentive to stop and take a break, particularly if you are on a long journey, are tired and if you are transporting precious “cargo” in the form of your loved ones – your spouse and children. Yeshua lived one of the busiest lives ever known to man. The Scriptures say if all the works He did were to be recorded, the whole world would not be able to contain the books telling of them. But Yeshua had learned a vitally important lesson in life – and that was that He sometimes needed to “Take a Break”, to spend one-to-one time with His Father, to pray and to just be alone, away from the clamour of the crowds. You can imagine Yeshua today, having no qualms about pulling over into a service station, getting away from the heavy traffic of life’s journey, taking a rest.
Carrying on with the same analogy, our cars are equipped with what are called “warning lights.” Their job is to forewarn us that something may not be quite right with the vehicle, and that we need to pay attention, to check it out, maybe to take it to the manufacturer’s appointed dealer, who will be able to check if all is well, or if remedial work needs to be carried out. By ignoring those warning lights, we risk something more serious happening, like a breakdown, an emergency call-out to rescue a stranded vehicle and its occupants at the side of the road. It would be unwise of us to take care of our cars more than we take care of ourselves. After all, if the Son of Yehovah Himself recognised He needed to balance action, rest and recuperation in His life, in order to function correctly, what makes you think you do not need take a rest from time to time?