In Communion with His Father, February 25

David speaketh concerning Him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for He is on my right hand, that I should not be moved: Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope. Acts 2:25, 26.RRe 58.1

Christ found comfort and joy in communion with His Father. Here He could unburden His heart of the sorrows that were crushing Him.—Testimonies for the Church 2:202.RRe 58.2

As the human was upon Him, He felt His need of strength from His Father. He had select places of prayer. He loved to hold communion with His Father in the solitude of the mountain. In this exercise, His holy, human soul was strengthened for the duties and trials of the day. Our Saviour identifies Himself with our needs and weaknesses, in that He became a suppliant, a nightly petitioner, seeking from His Father fresh supplies of strength, to come forth invigorated and refreshed, braced for duty and trial.—Testimonies for the Church 2:201.RRe 58.3

He studied the word of God, and His hours of greatest happiness were found when He could turn aside from the scene of His labors to go into the fields, to meditate in the quiet valleys, to hold communion with God on the mountainside, or amid the trees of the forest. The early morning often found Him in some secluded place, meditating, searching the Scriptures, or in prayer. With the voice of singing He welcomed the morning light, with songs of thanksgiving He cheered His hours of labor, and brought heaven’s gladness to the toil-worn and disheartened.—The Ministry of Healing, 52.RRe 58.4