I'm pretty terrible at daily devotions. If I think to do them, it's late and then I don't want to get up or it's in the middle of something that I can't get away from.
It is disturbing how laziness has negatively affected my relationship with God.
That's another topic for another day.
Today, I felt convicted in a good way to read the Book. Not in a fire and brimstone way, but in a "hey, that's something I really want to do today" kind of way.
About a month ago, I started the "Eat this Book" one year Bible plan and have been inconsistent at best. I use youversion.com and the plan is right on the site. I can access it from my phone too, giving me absolutely no excuse. I'm not really doing it for the satisfaction of finishing in one year, but I would like to read the whole Bible in a good amount of time. It feels a little silly to me that there are parts of this instruction manual for life I've never read!
The plan gives you a few (3-5) chapters a day of one book and then a psalm. Today was a lot of genealogy (who needs baby name books) and this little wonder:
Psalm 3:5-6
I lay down and slept,
yet I woke up in safety,
for the Lord was watching over me.
6 I am not afraid of ten thousand enemies
who surround me on every side.
I am safe. I don't have 10,000 enemies. A lot of my fear and anxiety comes from inside my own head. What a blessing to have the God of the Universe watching out for me. Even if I had 10,000 enemies, He could protect me from them.
If you're as bad at daily devotionals as I am, don't give up. Find a plan that works for you & a plan that you like the layout. I can absolutely tell the difference in my attitude if I do or don't read that day.
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