Lord, Save Me: Matthew 14:22-33

Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowd.

Made them go. Urgency. The feeding of the five thousand had created dangerous excitement—John 6 says they wanted to make him king by force. Jesus sent the disciples away and dispersed the crowd.

After he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. Later that night, he was there alone.

Finally, solitude. The grief over John, the drain of ministry, the pressure of crowds—he brought it all to the Father. Hours passed in prayer.