For the past few years (actually, probably my whole life) I have convinced myself that i do not have time to read my bible, that I don't have time to pray, that I can't spend an hour or two in worship everyday.
The more I think about this, the more I realize that its just Satan planting these seeds in my head. That I DO in fact have time. That I CAN spend at least an hour a day in worship. I mean, how long do I spend on Facebook, or texting, or watching TV a day? It'd amount to a fair few hours.
I then realized that I spend over an hour traveling on a train three days a week. I just sit there, doing nothing! What a perfect opportunity to whip out my bible and just pray. Sounds stupid but I get this strange kick out of reading my bible on the train, then looking up and noticing the person opposite me is also reading their bible. I get this silly little grin on my face and I think to myself "I'm going to be spending the rest of eternity with them, yet I don't even know their name."
And the more time I spend reading my bible, the more I find it exciting. I'll often find myself giggling at some of the passages. It makes me so joyous reading about redemption and God's grace and how He turns our mourning into dancing. Its exciting stuff!
Lately I've really been getting into the Old Testament. Stuff which I normally would've fallen asleep reading now stirs up my soul and makes my spirit dance to the music of God's words. I call it my 'God goggles'. I was trying to explain to my friend what they were and its when you read a piece of the bible which you've read a million times, but all of a sudden it makes sense. It's cause you put your God goggles on and it made sense!
I really want to encourage you to look at times during your day when your not doing anything, and use those moments to seek after God. It's done wonders to my relationship with God. In fact I will often catch the later train just so I can sit in the train stop and read my bible for longer cause I can't put it down. Push into God for wisdom and guidance, He will reward you.
Awesome post hun, I'm so glad you've been doing more again :)
ReplyDeleteVery encouraging post. I always find it particularly odd how it is that before you read the word, pray or worship - it feels like it will be a drag to do. But after you do it - you feel on top of the world!
ReplyDeleteOn the flip side - before you watch a crappy movie, or eat crappy food - you are kind of really looking forward to it. But then afterwards - you feel unsatisfied.
Keen to know what revelation you are getting with you God goggles.
I find that sometimes, you can be prayed up to a point where as soon as you start reading the word, the Holy Spirit is able to quickly show you things - link passages together, etc. It's almost like our spirits can receive the revelation before our natural mind has the word material to be able to understand it.