Daniel... prayed three times a day,
just as he had always done. Daniel 6:10
As we
seek to have unbroken fellowship with God in Christ throughout the day, we will
realize that only a definite meeting time with Christ will secure His presence
for the day. The essential thing to having a daily quiet time is wholehearted
determination, whatever effort or self-denial it may cost. In academic study or
athletics, every student needs determined purpose to succeed. Christianity
requires, and indeed deserves, not less but more intense devotion. If anything
surely the love of Christ needs the whole heart.
When we
make this decision to secure Christ's presence, we will overcome every
temptation to be superficial in the keeping of our pledges. Our determination
will make the morning watch itself a mighty force in strengthening our
character and giving us boldness to resist self-indulgence. It will enable us
to enter the inner chamber and shut the door for our communion with Christ.
From the morning watch on, this firm resolution will become the keynote of our
daily life.
Often we
hear the statement that great things are possible to those who know what they
want and will it with all their heart. If we have made personal devotion to
Christ our goal, we will find the morning hour the place where daily insight
into our holy calling is renewed. During this quiet time, we are fortified to
walk worthy of His calling. Faith is rewarded by the presence of Christ who is
waiting to meet us and take charge of.us for the day. We are more than
conquerors through Him who loves us, Christ waits to meet us.
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