Daily

So to be completely honest, I've been struggling with being consistent in my quiet time. I get really lit on fire when I'm at church, sitting in the sanctuary listening to Pastor Dean and praise and worship get me going; and the day after church and before church I'm most definitely in the word. Now sometime in between now and then I like fizzle out. I skip a day, maybe two and then get back in the word.

Now you may think that's ok, like give me the benefit of the doubt. But the truth is my life is like a roller coaster because I don't have this constant flow of peace and joy that only God can provide to me through His word. 

So this evening I make a decision to turn off my Netflix and open my bible. I read the Gospel of John and read a few verses; verse 17 was like whoa! The King James Version reads like this, "sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth". So God's word is the absolute truth, the highest truth, the ONLY truth. His word needs to be DAILY applied to my life so it can purify my heart and mind.

Well duh, no wonder I struggle. I struggle because I give God some days and get lazy with others. I think he can have a few and I'll have a few and we will both be happy. But neither of us are. He can't help me when I don't give him my days, my thoughts, my emotions, or my words. And I am certainly not happy when I don't give him days because I am run by my thoughts, my emotions and my words. It's just like I said before I put my own self on the roller coaster when I don't DAILY make an effort to spend time with My God. The God who thought about me before I was born, who made a way for me through Jesus to get back to Him, to have eternal life with him, and also to enjoy a life of happiness and peace and love and joy here on this planet too!

So I wanna say good bye to the struggle, you are real but I refuse to quit. I refuse to give up. I endeavor DAILY to open my bible, to listen to a message, to praise God because I am alive and I have purpose and I still have time.

Daily, every day, every minute, every second for the rest of my life God may I continue to seek you, your word and your way for my life.