Episode 1253: How Jesus Managed His Time and What We Can Learn From It

Jesus taught multitudes, had dinner with all kinds of people, talked with the poor, the blind, beggars, and tax collectors. And yet we never read that He rushed anywhere. What was His secret? He arose early and slipped away to a place of solitude to pray. Over and over again. Without that daily discipline, we live an unexamined life, busy but not reflective. Paul puts it bluntly in Ephesians 5: “Wake up.” The easiest thing in the world is to drift through life with no discipline. You can have a perfectly good plan written on a perfectly good calendar and still ignore it. Discipline is what moves you from knowing what you should do to actually doing it today. It's not glamorous. But it's the difference between a life that feels reactive and scattered and one that feels intentional and full.Pursuing God with Gene Appel is designed to help you pursue God, build community, and unleash compassion. Grounded in Scripture and shaped by Eastside’s conviction that God’s grace is for everyone, each episode invites you to discover God’s presence and activity in your life.