"Awakening"- going offline

Like many churches in the USA, the church we attend is participating in “Awakening”.  Awakening  is a season of prayer, fasting, and personal devotion that takes place each January.  Our church is participating over a 40 day period.  We are encouraged to focus on prayer, devotions, and fasting of some sort that will culminate in special services at the end of February.

The idea of Awakening reminded me of verses where either Jesus or Jesus and His disciples got away by themselves.

Matt 14:22-23

Mark 6:31

Mark 6:46 

Luke 6:12
John 6:15

This is exactly what we need to do, if we are going to experience an “awakening” or refreshing” or whatever you want to call it.  At my job we are currently upgrading some existing customer equipment.  In order to do this, we have to take the customer offline.  The customer has no way to contact the outside world, while this is being done, but once back online, the equipment is upgraded to be able to provide better service.  We need this kind of experience in our spiritual lives as well.  We need to go offline and spend time with God, so are spiritual lives can be upgraded for better service.

What are you doing to have that “awakening, refreshing, or upgrade” in your life?  Is it time for you to go offline from the world and spend some time with God?