During my communion time with the Holy Spirit, He spoke clearly emphasising the importance and absolute priority of us intentionally setting aside structured planned out time each day to meet with Him.

This time is meant for us as Jesus’s followers to be intentionally taught, instructed in righteousness, and shaped by the Holy Spirit’s guidance. The Holy Spirit desires that this practice becomes our deliberate daily habit rather than something we approach casually or inconsistently or in times we are in trouble.

I am aware that as Jesus’s followers you would say to me they you already give time to the Lord each day. However, the emphasis from the Holy Spirit is not merely on just giving time, but on prioritising and structuring that time with the same seriousness and commitment that people give to their employment.

Remember that just as individuals plan their day around their work responsibilities, to ensure they arrive on time for work because they value the salary they will receive. In the same way the Holy Spirit is calling us as followers of Jesus to apply that same mindset to cultivating their relationship with Him.

People are rarely careless about being punctual for their employer. I fact they will often wake up earlier, prepare themselves more carefully, and ensure they are ready to begin their workday as a demonstration of their commitment to the role they serve at work. In the same way, the Holy Spirit desires that as followers of Jesus we demonstrate through our actions the value we place on our relationship with Him through our intentional prioritisation of spending quality time in His presence.

The protocol for this practice is found in the life of Jesus Himself where in Luke 5:16, Scripture records that Jesus “made it a practice of withdrawing to remote places to pray.” This passage reveals that spending time alone with the Father was not an occasional occurrence for Jesus but it was a consistent and intentional practice which determined how He operated each day from the direction He received in these secluded times with the Father.

Although Jesus was sent by the Father into the world to minister to people and bring salvation to humanity, His primary habit was not withdrawing from the Lord to spend more time with people, but rather it was withdrawing from people in order to seek the Father’s face.

From this place of communion with the Father, Jesus returned full of the Holy Spirit to minister effectively to those around Him from the overflow of His communion time with the Father meaning that His ministry flowed out of the overflow of His time with the Father.

This pattern of communion and prayer proved to be perfectly effective. So we see that because Jesus consistently prioritised time with the Father, He was able to fulfill the plan of the Father completely so that He accomplished all the work of salvation necessary to bring us our redemption from the hand of the enemy.

Yet today many of Jesus’s followers have developed the mindset that planning structured time with the Lord seems restrictive or unnecessary, by believing that focusing on serving people should be our primary priority. However, Jesus clearly taught that the correct order is totally different. In Matthew 6:33, Jesus instructed His followers to seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, with the promise that all other things would be added afterward.

Jesus also taught that true discipleship requires daily commitment and sacrifice. He explained that unless a person denies themselves daily, takes up their cross, and follows Him, they cannot truly be His disciple. Therefore, if believers claim to follow Jesus, they must also follow the pattern of life He demonstrated, which included regularly withdrawing to spend time with the Father.

This same priority was continued in the early church. In Acts.6:2–4, when the apostles addressed a situation where practical needs among the believers were demanding their attention. They declared that it would not be right for them to abandon the word of God and prayer in order to serve tables. So instead, they appointed others to manage those responsibilities so that they could devote themselves continually to prayer and to the ministry of the word.

This decision reflects the same pattern they learned and observed from following the life of Jesus. They recognised that the power and effectiveness of ministry depended on Him maintaining the priority of seeking the Father first. So even when conflict arose over how their time should be spent, they refused to compromise this principle because they understood its importance in their lives.

The results of maintaining this priority of keeping in close contact with the Lord daily was evident in the powerful growth and impact of the early church. Their consistent practice of withdrawing to go and seek the Lord enabled them to minister with divine authority and effectiveness which changed the lives of so many people.

Today the Holy Spirit is calling you as a follower of Jesus to return to this same primary priority of our lives in the Spirit. He is stirring our hearts to once again make communion time with Him the central practice of daily life. When as a follower of Jesus you restore this priority, your lives will begin to take on the shape and direction the Lord originally intended and planned for you.

You will see how your progress accelerates, as your spiritual fruit increases, and your lives will become the sanctified vessels through which the Lord’s power flows more freely.

Through this renewed commitment, as followers of Jesus you will come out of your communion time with the Lord filled with the presence and power of the Holy Spirit, as you are equipped to influence lives and bring divine transformation that carries eternal significance. Your lives will become the instruments and banners of light through which the Kingdom of Jesus expands on the earth.

As you receive these words and the grace through them flows towards you may a renewed passion for the Lord’s presence awaken deep within your hearts as declared in John 2:17, where zeal for the Father’s house will again consume your hearts and minds. You will be

empowered by the Holy Spirit to devote yourselves completely to the Father’s business by regularly withdrawing to be filled and strengthened by the Spirit and then returning to reveal the Lord’s glory to others. As this cycle continues day by day in your lives, the name of Jesus will be glorified and His Kingdom will expand across the earth.

In the name of Jesus, may the Holy Spirit awaken within you a renewed hunger and priority for His Presence with the grace to withdraw, to seek the Lord intentionally, and to structure your life around communion with Him is now being released upon you. Your time with the Holy Spirit will no longer be a casual or secondary routine, but it will become the foundation of your spiritual reality that shapes your days.

As you prioritise walking in His presence, your life will begin to take on the divine order and direction the Lord intended and ordained for you to walk in. You will be filled with fresh strength, wisdom, and power from the Holy Spirit, and your spiritual fruitfulness will increase mightily. So

from your place of communion with the Lord, you will rise int the place of carrying His presence and authority, by bringing transformation to the lives of those around you. May zeal for the Father’s house burn strongly within you once again, and through your life the name of Jesus will be glorified and His Kingdom expanded on the earth in Jesus’ mighty name. Amen.