Luke 5:16  So He Himself, often withdrew into the wilderness and prayed.  

This was the verse from 31 Days of Praise that I worked on this morning.  As I meditated and prayed about this verse, jotting down my thoughts, I was once again reminded of Romans 8:29 where we are told that we are predestined to be like Jesus.

I thought to myself, I too wanted and needed these quiet, solitary times of communion with my Father.  And Jesus was the example I am to follow in this area as well.  So I prayed. I prayed that I would have the continuing desire for these times and that I would be like Jesus in this.

And then the phone rang.....as it always does when you are having these wonderful revelation times with the Lord!!  Luckily, it was a quick conversation, but I did decide to check out the verse of the day from my Bible App (I think it's called the Daily Bible, and it's only on the Android phones, but it's a great app to download).
And the verse was......da da da daaaaa:

Philippians 1:6 being confident of the very thing, that he who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ;

(and yes, you need to make the trumpet sounds !!!  LOL)

Is that not an amazing answer to my prayer?  And not only was it an answer to my previous prayer, it is the answer to the next one I would pray, which was based on Isaiah 50:4  The Lord has given Me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him who is weary.  He awakens Me morning by morning, He awakens My ear.  

I pray for a learned tongue and a listening ear driven by compassion.

Oh, I am so far from that place.  And carving out time in an already overloaded schedule for peaceful separateness with the Lord is sometimes seemingly impossible, but the encouragement of that verse is exactly what I needed to be reminded that God is at work in me and is answering my prayers.  I don't know what your life looks like, but I know if it is like mine, it is probably "under construction" and "behind schedule".  But I think that is exactly where and when God does His best work...and He is working.  He assures us of that!!

Lord, draw us away from the hectic chaos of life to your quiet presence, that we may be refreshed and renewed and learn to share that refreshment with others around us.  Thank You that You are at work and will not give up until Your plan for us has been completed.