Excuse me..but I have a reservation!

By Kareena Holloway, Fellowship Bible Church Celebrate Recovery Women's Encourager Coach, 11/11/2020

 

Have you ever went to one of those restaurants where you make a reservation because it's so busy?  What if when you got there, they had no record of it then bumped you to the bottom of the list and you have to wait who knows how long to get in.  

To make a reservation means that you would like to set aside a certain time with implied agreement that something you've specified will happen during this time.   

We know the importance of making a reservation with God on a daily basis to read His word, prayer, and to meditate on what He wants you to know.  Do you have a reservation for daily quiet time with God?  

We all have such busy schedules pushing and pressing us to keep moving from the moment we open our eyes.  If I put off that reservation, it gets pushed down the list and God has to wait who knows how long to talk to me.  So I need to honor that reservation every morning and not put it off.  

Our encouragement to you is that you will do the same in order to know God's will for your life.  Rick Warren wrote a devotional about quiet time and simplified it.  From his devotional:

First, be quiet before the Lord. The Bible calls it waiting on God. You start by simply sitting down and shutting up. As you do this, you’ll find yourself revving your engine down and calming yourself. 

Second, pray briefly. Start off with a short opening prayer. Ask God to open your mind and guide you. Ask him to cleanse your mind.

Read a portion of Scripture slowly. This is where your conversation with God begins. He starts speaking to you through his Word, and then you speak back to him through prayer. Read the Bible slowly. Don’t try to read too quickly or too much. The more slowly you read Scripture, the more you’re forced to think about what you’re reading.

Meditate on the Word. Spend some time chewing on what God is saying. Chew on the Word like cows chew on cud. Ponder and wrestle with it in your mind. There are lots of great methods for meditating on the Word. You can find specific ideas on how to meditate on the Bible in my book “Rick Warren’s Bible Study Methods.”

Write down what you discover. When God speaks to you through his Word, care enough about what he is saying to write it down. Writing enables us to remember what God has said to us and record our discoveries.

Pray again. Be quiet. Ask God to show you his Word. Talk to God about what he has said to you. Tell him what you’re thinking about what he is saying. Talk to him about anything else that’s on your mind.

There’s not just one way to have a quiet time, but following a plan similar to this can get you started on a rewarding devotional journey. 

Talk It Over

  • Have you ever thought about your quiet time as an intimate conversation with God?

 

  • What distractions do you need to eliminate in order to “be quiet”?

To read his devotional in it's entirety, click HERE . 

"But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.​"  Matthew 6:6​

"Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!"  Psalm 46:10​

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