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Your quiet time with God (6)
'O GOD, YOU ARE MY GOD, EARNESTLY I SEEK YOU.' PSALM 63:1
It can be really difficult to stick at your quiet time with God (that's why we've spent nearly a whole week talking about it!) When pressures push in, what's the first thing you're tempted to drop? Satan knows if he can keep you from it he's won the battle because he'll have no opposition from you. Christians who have fallen away from God will tell you, 'It started when I lost my quiet time with God.' 'So how can I overcome this problem?' you ask:
a) make a promise with God and be serious about it: 'When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it...It is better not to vow than to make a vow and not fulfil it' (Ecclesiastes 5:4-5 NIV)
b) put it on your diary. Block out time to meet with God each day. Can you imagine keeping an appointment that's more important?
c) be ready for the devil's attacks. Follow the Cub Scout motto, 'Be prepared' or as Dr Robert G Lee used to say, 'If you wake up in the morning and don't meet the devil face on, it means you're headed in the same direction!'
d) leave your Bible open the night before at the passage you intend to read in the morning. When you wake up it will serve as a reminder to have your quiet time. 'But what if I miss a day?' Don't worry and don't go on a guilt trip. If you miss a meal it doesn't mean you gave up eating! You just eat a bit more at the next meal and go on from there.
written by Bob Gass
'O GOD, YOU ARE MY GOD, EARNESTLY I SEEK YOU.' PSALM 63:1
It can be really difficult to stick at your quiet time with God (that's why we've spent nearly a whole week talking about it!) When pressures push in, what's the first thing you're tempted to drop? Satan knows if he can keep you from it he's won the battle because he'll have no opposition from you. Christians who have fallen away from God will tell you, 'It started when I lost my quiet time with God.' 'So how can I overcome this problem?' you ask:
a) make a promise with God and be serious about it: 'When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it...It is better not to vow than to make a vow and not fulfil it' (Ecclesiastes 5:4-5 NIV)
b) put it on your diary. Block out time to meet with God each day. Can you imagine keeping an appointment that's more important?
c) be ready for the devil's attacks. Follow the Cub Scout motto, 'Be prepared' or as Dr Robert G Lee used to say, 'If you wake up in the morning and don't meet the devil face on, it means you're headed in the same direction!'
d) leave your Bible open the night before at the passage you intend to read in the morning. When you wake up it will serve as a reminder to have your quiet time. 'But what if I miss a day?' Don't worry and don't go on a guilt trip. If you miss a meal it doesn't mean you gave up eating! You just eat a bit more at the next meal and go on from there.
written by Bob Gass
