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Jan 11, 2024 18:30pm

Routine

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Do you love routines?

With school back in session for most kids, getting back into the routine is the focus of lots of families. Setting alarms, laying out the clothes the night before, packing the lunches, headed out the door at a certain time and determining who’s picking up who from where and at what time.

But once you get the routine down, it’s just part of your daily life.

Luke 22:39

“And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the mount of Olives; and his disciples also followed him.”

In the King James Version, we read the phrase “as he was wont”. This means “as he was accustomed to or as he usually did”. Jesus was going to the garden to pray. He was taking the time to get alone with God and spend time with Him. The disciples didn’t ask, “where are you going?” They knew. It was part of Jesus’ daily life.

But, we know what’s ahead, don’t we? We know He’s about to be arrested and taken. We know He’s about to face torture and ridicule. We know He’s about to be crucified. We know He’s about to die.

That would be enough to make me fearful, worried, and frantically trying to fix or change things. I’d forsake everything that was part of my daily routine and search for a way to change it all. “Do something!”, my mind would scream, desperately seeking to run or hide.

But Jesus knew. And He went to the garden to pray. He took the time to meet with the Father because He knew that’s where His help came from, that’s where He would be strengthened, that’s where He would be in the will of God.

When we look at our daily routine, do we have a time set aside for getting alone with God? Let’s be honest, if we do, sometimes, when life gets busy and hectic, what’s the first thing to get forsaken? What’s the thing that gets moved around and we keep saying, “I’ll do that later”?

God is the Creator of all, even time. He knows our beginning and end. He sees and hears all. He cares. He’s the One who conquered sin, who died for us and offers us full payment for the debt we owe. And He wants to meet with us. He wants us to abide with Him. But will we take the time?

As he was wont.