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THE PRINCIPLE OF TIMING
By christon | May 26, 2011
The principle of timing is simple–obvious. Yet so much misery over meeting with God begins and ends right here! Have you ever heard anyone say, “If you don’t meet God in the morning, He won’t be with you the rest of the day”? Feel guilty? Join the crowd. Or have you ever heard someone say, “I had 2 hours in prayer with the Lord this morning; it was just great!” Again we walk away feeling low and guilty. We know our prayer life does not quite measure up.
Feelings of guilt come for many reasons. Some of them may be valid, but they may also come from misunderstanding this principle of the time we spend meeting with God. Stop and remember that the basis for the devotional life is time for God–for your relationship with Him. It’s a time to know and to love Him as a person–as a friend–only better. He thinks, chooses, feels–and He has made us the same way. We can love Him, even though we can’t see Him.
Our devotional time is time devoted to a person. We’ll never have a friendship with a person just by talking with him in the morning. It simply isn’t true that God is not going to be with us just because we didn’t meet with Him on a particular morning. This is a very limited view of God. A relationship does not depend solely on the quantity of time spent. The quality of time is equally important. Thus, while the amount of time is important, it is more important to evaluate the use of our available time each day.
Never let someone else experience be the guide by which you judge your own. You can gain from others’ experience, but it is your relationship with Him that matters.
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