THE ONLY WAY ANYONE CAN TRUST GOD with all their heart is to be deliberate and disciplined in their devotions to Jesus.
Morning is best.
Yes, you can have your Quiet Time in the evening, after work, when you’re too tired, after you’ve put the kids to bed, exhausted, and after spending time with your spouse.
Then collapse into bed, read half a Proverb, and fall asleep.
No! Do it first thing.
An old man sat on the examining table in his doctor’s office while having his hearing checked.
The doctor poked his light scope in the old man’s ear and said, “Hey, you have a suppository in your ear!”
“Rats,” said the old man. “Now I know where my hearing aid went.”
THIS IS MY LIFE VERSE.
For 33+ years it has proven absolutely true.
It’s in the context worrying. But we serve a God who commands us not to worry because he is our Father and knows what we need.
This is why we must seek him first for the rest of our lives.
It starts with spending the best part of the day with him: the morning. Make that commitment and soon you will have the confidence to say that Jesus is your everything.
Every day. This: Bible reading. Prayer. Meditation. Time with your Savior. Quality time will become quantity time.
A BRILLIANT STUDENT VOLUNTEERED to work at a church camp and ended up as chief potato peeler.
A friend who admired her intelligence said, “It’s too bad you had to end up peeling potatoes.”
She replied, “I don’t have to think about potatoes while I’m peeling them. I think about my Bible verse for the day.”
THERE ARE TOO MANY SIMPLE CHRISTIANS.
They live complacently as fools, ignoring God’s Word, trusting in “voices” and “visions” instead of going directly to The Source, the Bible.
If you had a treasure map that directed you to millions in gold, would you trust the advice of other miners, or wander aimlessly in the hills with a metal detector?
No! But that’s what most believers do, ignoring the written Words of Life at their fingertips, replacing His recorded wisdom for praise, prayer and problematic perceptions.
I know. I know. You’re just not a morning person. Not many are.
Charles Spurgeon wrote: “In the morning is the fittest time with God. An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.”
If you have a problem getting up in the morning, you can do what one of “The Cambridge 7” did to make sure he didn’t miss The Morning Watch.