Good Morning Friends!
I cannot believe we are halfway through the week already and the month of September is practically finished! I hope you are all having a wonderful week, I wanted to write a blog post about choosing to have some quiet time. Now I don't know about you, but after being around 20 four year olds 5 days in a row, I long for some peace and quiet. From 7:30 in the morning till 3:30 in the afternoon, they can pretty loud with their conversations, playing, our lessons, music and movement, etc. They are constantly talking and we are very busy throughout the day. For the past week, the Lord has been speaking to my heart about finding some quiet time with Him and getting away from all the noise and distractions. There was one day when I finally realized that all day long 7 days a week, I am around people all the time and I thought okay, I see what the Lord is pointing out now. He reminded me of Jesus and how He would slip away and find a quiet place. If you would like to find out more, keep reading! Before we get started, I hope you have your favorite cup of coffee or tea with you!
There was one morning that the Lord began to show me the temple. He showed me the crowds of people outside the gate and then inside the gate were people praising the Lord with their voices and instruments. As the Lord was taking me through the temple, He was revealing to me that I needed to move past all the distractions and noise. He showed me the inside and the priests were busy doing their duties. He finally showed me the Holy of holies. It was a tiny area, only big enough for two people and those two people of course are the high priest and the Lord. He also showed me that it was a quiet place, there is no noise in the Holy of holies and let me tell you why. This astounded me when I learned this! The Holy of holies is indeed holy because it is a sacred place and the priest couldn't hear a word God was telling him if there was noise.
So here's the revelation of the Holy of holies, we are considered His priests and if we are His priests, we are supposed to visit our Holy of holies on a daily basis. Jesus took care of this through His shed blood on the cross so that we can commune with Him every day 24 hours a day. Can someone say Hallelujah! So the Lord revealed to me that we as believers in Christ, we can find time in the Holy of holies to be with Him in the quiet. Oh friends, I cannot tell you how thrilled I was to learn this powerful revelation! God wants us to come to Him, to visit Him every single day, but we have to choose. We have to choose to spend time with Him and let me tell you our spiritual being depends on us choosing Him. Don't let another day nor another moment go by letting your spirit man starve from not spending time with the Almighty! I didn't realize that was what was happening to my spirit man, I was becoming frustrated with life and life's circumstances that I was neglecting my spirit man. My spirit man was crying out to go and find a quiet place and spend time with my Father in heaven.
So you may be asking how in the world am I going to find time to spend with the Lord? You don't understand, I have this and that and this and that. I am so busy throughout the day that by time I am finished, I am exhausted. Friends, I understand wholeheartedly. I too am very busy throughout the day myself and by time I get home, I am worn out. My advice to you is look at your agenda each day and see where you can find time to spend with the Lord. I will tell you right now that it will not be wasted in fact, you will be glad you decided to make time for Him. He will certainly bless you for it in ways that will blow your mind! I will tell you this, my goal is to spend at least an hour with Him first thing in the morning because this is considered my firstfruits. (I will write a blog post about firstfruits soon!) My other goal is when I get home after I have made my lunch for the next day, went for a walk, and taken a shower is to find my quiet place and spend another hour or so with Him. Friends, I need Him to nourish my spirit and to help me each and every day especially with those little ones that I mentioned in the beginning. Without Him, I cannot do it by myself, it will not work.
So friends, I pray that this post encourages you and blesses you. I also pray that this post will inspire you to really think about your time and to find your quiet place to be with the Lord. You will not regret this decision in fact, it will enrich your life! You will be living the abundant life that Jesus spoke about to His disciples. I pray that you will allow the Lord to lead in whatever direction He wants you to take. May the Lord bless you and keep you. Until next time!
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