My Tea Time With Jesus

What do we do when we feel "grabbed" from all directions?!?! How should we act, think, react? Even Jesus had pressure. Here is what He did when it all seemed to come at Him and try and pressure Him... S: John 6:15 NLT: When Jesus saw that they were ready to force Him to be their king, He slipped away into the hills by Himself. MSG: Jesus saw that in their enthusiasm, they were about to grab Him and make Him king, so He slipped off and went back up the mountain to be by Himself. NASB: So Jesus, perceiving that they were intending to come and take Him by force  to make Him king,  withdrew again to  the mountain by Himself alone. TPT: So Jesus, knowing that they were about to take Him and make Him their king by force, quickly left and went up the mountainside alone. T: In the moment of what I would consider stressful or anxiety – when people are crowding in and pressing in or “egging on” to do something, I would have caved to the pressure. Been the ‘p...

We all seem to "follow" something or someone. It is not always a bad thing. We can follow successful people to become successful. We can follow honest people to become more aware. When we follow Jesus, we can be and do anything, because He is the ultimate example to follow! S: John 6:2 NLT “ A huge crowd kept following Him wherever He went, because they saw His miraculous signs as He healed the sick. ” NASB “A large crowd followed Him, because they saw the signs which He was performing on those who were sick. ” TPT “And a massive crowd of people followed him everywhere. They were attracted by his miracles and the healings they watched him perform. ” T: People follow success. People follow dreams. People follow “the crowd” LOL This verse doesn’t say they followed Jesus because of their faith , it says because they saw Him do miracles! WOW! Not even because the “heard” what Jesus said or did, but because they “saw” it. Were they like the people of today, ev...