You know what the voice sounds like. The inner critic. That whisper that tells you not so nice things about you, or your spouse, or that tough project at work. How do we go about working through that voice, as we seek to encounter God? Jesus models for us in Matthew 4 some ways that we can work through those voices as we seek God.

Silence can be loud. You know it because you settle into bed, turn off the lights, and sometimes the chatter, the noise, the back and forth in your own mind can feel like a lot. When we create space for solitude we will encounter ourselves. How you are feeling, the ache in you knee, the dream of a new job, or that trip you hope to maybe go on.

Everyone is looking for you! This feels like a common refrain in most of our lives, whether it is said explicitly, or through phone notifications, or asks to join another team, take on another project, do another initiative. Yet, we see in Jesus’ life that he often takes time away from it all to be with God, to be quiet, to experience stillness. To go to a quiet place.