March 2012 Quiet Time Series

DAY 1

RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD GOD

Samuel 16:7b, NIV

We can have our quite time anywhere, but it all starts with a great attitude. God wants to know that your heart is in the right place. This is what the verse above is pointing out especially when it comes to God.

What is the right attitude to have during our quiet time?

1. Come with expectancy. Be eager to come before God’s presence. You’re meeting with God — the creator of the universe! You should expect to have a good time of fellowship with him and receive a blessing (all aspect of our totality, not just spiritually but physically, emotionally, psychologically etc.).

2. Come with reverence. You’re going to meet God, so don’t rush into his presence. Prepare your heart by being still before him. If you were going to meet with the president of any country or even in our own country, you’d get there early. You’d look your best. How much more reverence should we have when we come into the presence of the creator of the universe?

3. Come with alertness. Get yourself wide-awake before you meet with God, prepare for it 15 minutes after waking up at least. Don’t have your quiet time in bed. You’ll probably fall asleep. Be in good shape when you meet with God. He deserves your full attention.

4. Come with the willingness to obey. Don’t start your quiet time with the idea that you’ll hear from God and then decide whether or not to obey. Instead, tell the Lord you’ve already decided you’re going to say “yes.”

Have a good attitude before you start your quiet time, and you can expect a good result from your quiet time. Come before the Lord with the wrong attitude and it’ll be just the opposite. Have you ever wondered why after having a quite time, you FEEL like having super power but when situation caught you unguarded during the day, everything else turned upside down? I can totally relate to this, one thing I realized though, it was just about-me QT and not having a right attitude towards God. That explains my reactions later in that day.

What specific ways will you change the way you do your quiet time once you consider your attitude toward your time with God? How do you think your attitude would change if you had a sense of expectation about what God is going to do in your heart during your quiet time and not if he will work in you?

Anecita Angel