Mark 6:30-31 Amplified Bible
Five Thousand Fed
30 The apostles [who had been sent out on a mission] gathered together with Jesus and told Him everything that they had done and taught. 31 He said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a secluded place and rest a little while”—for there were many [people who were continually] coming and going, and they could not even find time to eat.
Word of God for the Children of God
Glory be to the Father,
and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;
as it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be,
world without end. Amen, amen.
“Come with me by yourselves to a place where we can be alone, and you can get some rest.”
Jesus said these words to His followers after a busy day in ministry. Perhaps He felt drained from all the demands and expectations placed upon Him from crowds of people who wanted something from Him. Perhaps He felt burdened at all there was to do, and so many people to help that He needed to get away to a quiet place with His Father in heaven. And certainly, He knew His followers could use some rest and respite as well. And that’s why He invited them to come with Him to the quiet to get some rest.
If Jesus, being fully God, yet fully man, could sense His need to go away to a quiet place, then we should sense our need for the stillness and quiet as well. And I find it interesting that Jesus, while there were times He got away by Himself to be with God, in this particular verse, He invited those He loved to come away with Him. Part of Jesus’ rest and refueling was to be with those He loved—in the quiet.
What is the world’s quietest room challenge?
https://www.good.is/worlds-quietest-room
In Earth’s quietest room, even lasting 45 minutes are unbearable for anyone.
Standing in the room gives people the creeps, making them feel as if they’re losing their spatial balance and orientation.
Can too much silence drive us mad?
This question arises from a unique room in Minneapolis, where visitors report eerie sensations and disorientation due to its profound silence. They often hear faint ringing in their ears, and so far, no one has lasted more than 45 minutes.
Now holding the Guinness World Record for the quietest place on Earth, the anechoic test chamber at Orfield Laboratories has a background noise level of -24.9 decibels. The human audible range is from zero to 120 decibels, so a sound of negative decibels is inaudible by humans.
An anechoic chamber, meaning “no echo,” achieves profound silence through its design.
Fiberglass wedges coat the walls, floors, and ceilings, absorbing any internal sounds, while thick layers of brick and steel reinforce the soundproofing.
This meticulous design guarantees complete isolation from external noise.
The maximum someone has stayed inside this chamber is 45 minutes.
The room is so quiet a person inside it will hear their heartbeats, even the sounds of their organs, Steven Orfield, lab’s founder, told Hearing Aid Know.
“We challenge people to sit in the chamber in the dark – one person stayed in there for 45 minutes.
When it’s quiet, ears will adapt. The quieter the room, the more things you hear,” he said, adding, “In the anechoic chamber, you become the sound.”
NASA regularly sends astronauts there to help them practice adaptability to the silence of space.
Intersecting Faith & Life:
Do you ever sense the need to get away from it all to a quiet place where you can get some rest?
Perhaps you sense that every day.
But that is more than just your body’s way of saying “get some rest” or your mind’s way of saying, I need a vacation.
I believe it’s our soul’s way of saying “God’s been waiting. Get away with Him.”
I believe it’s Jesus’ way of saying, “Come with Me to a quiet place where we can be together.”
You and I can view quiet, alone times as reminders of our loneliness and do everything we can to avoid them.
Or, we can try to get to a place where we think it will be quiet, but we will be taking our noisy minds and selves with us. But I encourage you to welcome the quiet as a much-needed respite from the noise—and as an invitation from God who has been whispering to you: Come with Me to a quiet place and get some rest.
How often do we feel we must set aside time to be with God and then feel guilty for not doing it?
How often our hearts may long for an indeterminate getaway with Him, not realizing that getaway is available to us every moment of the day because He indwells us and calls us out to come to Him within the recesses of our hearts.
“Be still and know that I am God,” says Psalm 46:10.
We can get to know Him in the stillness as we allow Him to quiet our thoughts, and we begin to focus on His presence.
Psalm 46:10 in the New American Standard Bible reads: “Stop striving and know that I am God.”
Having a beating heart at rest means we are not striving to control, not anxious or stressed, nor long distracted, about what might happen, or all we have to do.
It means we are in a place of quiet contentment, like David sang in
Psalm 131:2: “I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me” (ESV).
Quiet. Full. Satisfied. Secure.
Is it time to slow your pace, switch off the inner chatter, and ask God to still your mind from anxiety or busyness and flood it with His peace?
Is it time to close the smart phone apps, shut the lid on your device, or turn off the music or the TV, and develop a heart that not only welcomes but longs for the quiet stillness?
It’s there you will begin to discern your Savior’s voice, which is much more loving than your own internal critic.
It is there you will hear His tender words: I have loved you with an everlasting love… I have drawn you with kindness (Jeremiah 31:3).
It is there you will be assured of His promise to never leave you or abandon you (Hebrews 13:5).
It is there, in His presence, that you will find fullness of joy (Psalm 16:11).
Embrace the quiet of your day—or escape to it by carving it out somewhere—so you can get away with God in your heart.
Close your eyes.
Enjoy the stillness of the moment and the assurance of His presence.
Spend some time thanking Him for breathing rest –and quiet—into your day.
In the name of God, the Father the Son and the Holy Spirit ….
Praying ……
Psalm 23
A Psalm of David.
1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures:
he leadeth me beside the still waters.
3 He restoreth my soul:
he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil: for thou art with me;
thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies:
thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life:
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
Glory be to the Father,
and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;
as it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be,
world without end. Amen, amen.
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