Quiet Time

Luke 8:7 [MSG]  “Other seed fell in the weeds; the weeds grew with it and strangled it.” [with emphasis]

To tune-in to God’s voice, the first thing you and I must do is, cultivate an open mind. The second thing we must do is, create time to listen. This cannot be over emphasized.

#3. The third thing we must do to tune-in to God’s voice is, eliminate distractions. Sometimes, even when we have blocked out time to be with God, the constant beeping of our phones robs us of that experience. When it is not our phones, it is our thoughts wandering to work, family, and business. We just keep allowing things to steal our attention from God. Sometimes we even miss hearing God when our minds are so crowded with thoughts, plans and concerns. Do not get me wrong; these are legitimate things, I agree. But you have to learn to leave your phone, turn off your computer, and quiet your mind. For me, I take a walk or I lock the room door. No distractions. Eliminate distractions!

Sometimes, we are too busy. Imagine trying to call your spouse from morning till night and every time you try, you get the busy signal. That would be totally frustrating. But sometimes that is how we are with God. God is trying to reach us but all He gets is the busy signal [the subscriber is on another call; please try again later]. Some people are nice enough to have activated their voice mail service. So God, in His bid to reach them, decides to drop a voice mail. The voice prompt says, “to drop a voice message please stay on the line”. So God is waiting to drop a voice message because He really wants to reach you. Then the voice prompt returns with the message, “voice mailbox is full”. So God cannot even drop a voice message for you. That is not a good place to be. You have to get rid of distractions.

Why are you so busy? In fact sometimes, it is as if there is no time for a quiet moment. As soon as everything gets quiet and God is getting ready to speak, you turn on the television. We have gotten accustomed to noise. You lay down to sleep but instead of letting your spirit meditate on God’s Word, you put on the sound system. God is saying eliminate distractions.

Prayer: Holy Spirit, please help me identify and eliminate everything contesting for my time with God, in Jesus Name.