Alone

I believe that when we set aside time and make it a priority to withdraw and to be alone with God, we open up a new reservoir of inner, spiritual strength that we are able to drink deeply of, and thus emerge from the private wilderness into the public life with newfound courage, purpose and joy. When we meet God in the secret place, the wilderness of fasting and prayer, we truly encounter his being in a way that we would not otherwise experience in day to day activities. It is this newfound, fresh, intimately absorbed knowledge of God that we then live out in our respective walks. I know that if we can stand before God himself, being alone with the King of Glory, we can also stand powerfully and courageously before any person in this world in the knowledge of the victories of Christ and the transcendent majesty of our Savior God.