Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk . . . making the most of the time. —Ephesians 5:15–16
Years ago, I sent questionnaires to three hundred women who had attended one of our conferences. I wanted to hear their hearts about daily devotions. They honestly shared that time was their number one struggle.
If we don’t make a conscious effort to set aside time with the Lord, other things will always demand our attention. One of my spiritual mentors used to say, “Don’t try to squeeze God into an already overcrowded schedule. Determine your schedule around Him!”
Puritan pastor William Gurnall considered it unthinkable that a Christian would not find time to read the Book in which God has communicated His love and grace:
Could God find heart and time to pen and send this love-letter to thee, and thou find none to read and peruse it! The sick man no time to look on his physician’s prescription! The condemned malefactor to look on his prince’s letter of grace, wherein a pardon is signed! 1
William Gurnall, Gleanings from William Gurnall, comp. Hamilton Smith (Morgan, Pa.: Soli Deo Gloria, 1996), 104–105.
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A Place of Quiet Rest: Finding Intimacy with God through a Daily Devotional Life
©2000 Nancy Leigh DeMoss
Scripture taken from The CSB
Make it Personal
What obstacles keep you from setting aside time to spend in God’s Word?