Set Your Alarm

“My eyes are awake through the night watches, that I may meditate on Your word.”Psalm 119:148

August -September are still the back-to-school months in most people's minds. After sleeping late all summer, students go to bed the night before the first day of school dreading the intrusive BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! of the alarm clock that rouses them out of their slumber. But for many students, the earlier time to rise is only a slight adjustment. They are the students who, even through the summer months, have risen early every day to spend devotional time with the Lord. There is no greater challenge for adults who wish to pursue a Master's Degree with the Lord than maintaining the daily discipline of a devotional time. David, the shepherd, spent the "night watches" meditating on God's Word--probably the books of Moses. And while early morning quiet times are a traditional appointment among modern Christians, the goal is the meeting itself, not the time of the day. Make sure you have set your alarm--or your calendar, or your smartphone reminder, or whatever tool works--to focus your heart and mind upon God's Word in study and prayer every day.

“Surely the experience of all good men confirms the proposition that without a due measure of private devotions the soul will grow lean.” William Wilberforce