This was the morning after the healings and deliverances had happened and the crowds had been coming. Jesus knew that He needed to be with His Father. We go through all sorts of things in life: highs, lows and everything in-between. In all this it is the Lord who is our strength and our source of life. So we need to maintain contact with Him, to make sure we do not get carried away, or weighed down by the events of life.
Simon and the others were surprised at how Jesus was reacting. When we are walking in step with the Spirit others will not understand all that we do.
Jesus tells them that He wants them to go somewhere else so that He can preach, for "that is why I have come". So again we get a Biblical perspective on the place and role of miracles. Miracles should happen and should be a part of the life and ministry of the church (they were in Jesus' life, and continued to be so), but they are not the primary focus. Jesus came to preach the good news. So we see also the value, importance and power of preaching. People needed to hear the good news.
So Jesus traveled around preaching the good news and casting out demons.
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