Is my devotional time a sense of duty, discipline or delight? Can I say yes to all three?
As a Christian, it is my duty to know my Savior more and more every day. To know His words, His truths. To follow Him means to trust Him, to be obedient to Him, to believe in Him. 1 Peter 2:17: “Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.”
As a Christian, I want the daily discipline of sitting with my Savior. To learn at His feet. To memorize His words. To read His word to set my mind, my thoughts on Him before going out and facing the day, the world. Romans 12:2: “And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.”
As a Christian, my delight is in Him. My joy is complete in Christ. Praising and worshipping my Savior delights my heart. No one or no thing delights me more than to praise God. Psalm 63:3-5: “Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you.
I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands. I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of foods; with singing lips my mouth will praise you.”
A.W. Tozer “We pursue God because, and only because, He has first put an urge within us that spurs us to the pursuit (and) when the Holy Spirit shows us God as He is we admire Him to the point of wonder and delight.”