In other readings of Luke 5, I’ve passed over these words. But this time they grab my attention. Verse 1 says the crowd was “pressing in on Jesus to hear God’s Word.”
Pressing in. There’s hunger expressed in those words. A yearning for what is real and true.
I want to press in and hear God’s Word, drawing near to the One who is the Way, the Truth and the Life. Abiding.
Sometimes it’s the hunger of my soul to do so. Other times it’s the fruit of a formed habit. Pure and simple discipline.
Regardless, I know it’s essential. Necessary.