Why Jesus needs to pray?

Why man needs to eat food at least three times a day or more?  What are the effects to man's physical body if he's not well fed or eats the nutritious food?  Have you tried to skip a meal in a day or had skipped one whole day without food and water?

To function man's physical body and mind more effectively and be ready to meet the many demands of the day, man needs to eat nutritious food regularly.  Man can't stay longer in work cause of weak resistance, can't concentrate in taking examination, can't make wise decision and might affected easily by cough and flu if lack of necessary fuel in the body.  Man's normal activities are negatively affected.  How much more those people like children who just eat food that is not nutritious and in a little quantity or just a meal a day like in many countries around the world who are very scarce in basic needs like food.  What to expect them to function their body effectively and become useful and productive for their immediate family, community and country as a whole?  Food is very essential to live a normal life and to become more productive in different areas of life.

In the book of Mark 1:35-39, Jesus showed to us clearly his very need to commune with his heavenly Father in prayer.  Why he needed to discipline himself to wake up early, to go to a solitary and to pray?  Isn't it that he is God and doesn't need to be strengthened spiritually to become more effective, fruitful and powerful to preach, teach the good news of salvation, cast out demons and to heal various sicknesses?

God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit knew the dilemma and problem of man to restore his broken relationship with them because of sin  (Romans 3:23) that's why Jesus, the Son has learned to obey the will of the Father to leave temporarily heaven and his being God just to live like a true man.  He emptied and subjected himself to the four corners of the earth or accepted the reality to be bounded by time and space and lived like a real and true man.  He humbled himself, lived a holy life and in full dependence and trust from his Father, lived a simple life, bore the many issues of life, even the pains, ridicules, mocking from his very own people and had keep himself meek and controlled himself even he knew that he can call his Father to bring even an angel to kill the evil people who did evil to him and had shouted to release a criminal in exchange for an innocent like him in order to die through hanging on the cross because of his love for mankind (Philippians 2:5-8).

Jesus knew that he has to obey the will of the Father and be subjected and bounded by time and space.  He lived like a real and true man that needs to depend on the provisions of God through prayer.  He knew that he can do the will of God effectively, fruitfully and with power if he will always attuned and connected with his Father in prayer.  Before he started his public ministry, he was led by the Holy Spirit to the desert to pray and fast for forty nights and  forty days as the only and best spiritual discipline he needs to do to reach the cross of Calvary.  And when Satan tempted Jesus, he overcame Satan and was not give in to temptation and Satan left him with anger and shame because of his defeat cause of the inner strength and wisdom that Jesus had gained through prayer and fasting (Matthew 4:1-11).

After Jesus prayer, his disciples were looking for him cause  people are waiting for him, but he told them to go instead to other place to preach and teach the good news and to heal various sicknesses the reason why he came on earth.  He told his disciples that other people are also in need to hear the message of deliverance from the power and punishment brought by sin.  Jesus had the wisdom and power in doing the ministry in which he was called.  His decisions were enlightened through prayer and was always been directed by God to his focus or goal through this spiritual discipline.

As Christian and  or leaders in different churches, follow the example of Jesus as the sure way of victory in our lives and ministries.  Satan will continue to divert our attentions away from the will of our God.  He will do all he can do to weaken our faith, become defeated always when temptations come, have no strength to overcome trials in life, and to serve money and God.  Don't let Satan win over us, but keep our eyes on Jesus the author and finisher of our faith.  Pray as Jesus did.  Discipline ourselves in prayer and hold on to his words in James 5:16-17 that says, "The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective."

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