MAY 3

Psalm 119:147-148
Memorise Psalm 119:148
“…I hoped in thy word…”

The psalmist read God’s word every morning and night. In Psalm 119:147, he testified that he “prevented the dawning of the morning”, meaning that he arose even before dawn to read and meditate on God’s Word. In the next verse, he mentions that his “eyes prevent the night watches”, showing that he also read God’s Word late into the night. Such was his love for God’s Word and communion with God, his Saviour and Creator.

He saw his daily quiet time as more vital than his physical needs, likely foregoing that bit of extra sleep in order that he might spend more time digesting God’s Word. He truly believed that “man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD” (Deuteronomy 8:3). If we know that we must eat three times a day in order to sustain our physical bodies, is it not then natural that we would want to spend time in prayer and reading God’s Word in order to nurture our spiritual lives?

Can you now see the reason why Quiet Time must be a daily routine? If eating regular meals and drinking enough fluids each day is essential to our physical health, daily Quiet Time is likewise essential to our spiritual health. If we are slack to read God’s Word daily, very soon our hearts start to lose faith and our eyes grow dim and cannot see God’s will for us. We are more easily troubled by trials and will more easily fall prey to Satan’s temptations. If only we purpose in our hearts to daily read and meditate on God’s Word, we will soon see that we cannot do without it and it becomes such a natural routine to us like eating our meals and sleeping at night. In fact, it may become even more important than food and sleep like in the case of the psalmist. Let us all strive for that!

Thought: Instead of saying “yet a little sleep” (Proverbs 6:10), let us say “yet a little more time with God”!
Prayer: O Lord, help me to be convicted in my heart that daily Quiet Time with Thee is more important than my physical needs such that I will purpose to have Quiet Time everyday without fail.