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Quality Time
The most foundational aspect in the life of the believer is their personal time
with the Lord. This looks different for everybody and goes by many different names.
Some people talk about their “quiet time” or their “personal worship” or even
just “study time”. Whatever you call it, you need to be spending time with God every
day, hearing Him speak to you through His word and meditation, and speaking back
to Him in prayer and worship.
With all that said, we need to remember that what we are doing is living out a
relationship with God. Our goal is to genuinely know God better and to intentionally
become more like Him. It is a real relationship, not just some kind of academic
discipline.
Often students and staff will leave SWO on a mountain top experience and
they feel like if they can’t spend an hour every morning with God then they are
failing as Christians. But this is just not true. You wouldn’t think this same way about
any other relationship would you? What matters is not making sure that you spend a
certain amount of time with God, but that the time you spend with Him is quality
time.
Think about it the way that you would think about any other relationship.
With your best friend, you don’t go over to their house out of an obligation to
make sure that you spend an hour with them, then after an hour you check that
off your list and go about your day with a clean conscience, do you? No of course
not. You’re more concerned with the quality of the time that you spend with them.
I think that this is the way that God desires us to spend time with Him. He
wants us to wake up every morning looking forward to communicating with Him
and then pausing throughout the day to remember the things that He shared with
us. Please don’t get discouraged because you’re trying to live up to some super-
Christian standard and you feel like you’re failing. God knows you perfectly and He
wants a real, growing relationship with you. Don’t worry about the amount of time
for now, just make sure that you are spending quality time with God everyday and
you’ll grow.
This was very encouraging. It made my day a million times better.
My Youth Group came to S.W.O in June, and our Youth Pastor (who is now famous there lol) gave us a test on what we would like to work on there , the over-all answer was quality time. As we went through our week our counselor’s Nikky and Tanya showed us what it means to have a quiet time, how God wants to restore our souls, how He wants to have a deep, intimate relationship with us. And it meant a lot to me how they told us about all of this
They rock first off, and Second we’ve been coming here for like 5 years now, I think and ever since then we’ve had the same counselor’s wich is great on our part because they share our feelings and really it’s fun to watch them get to know us !! I found a great Bible verse that helps restore mu soul.
Psalm 23:1-6
1 The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.
2 He makes me lie down in green pastures,
he leads me beside quiet waters,
3 he restores my soul.
He guides me in paths of righteousness
for his name’s sake.
4 Even though I walk
through the valley of the shadow of death, [a]
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.
5 You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies.
You anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
6 Surely goodness and love will follow me
all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the LORD
forever.