My students & I have been at Student Life Camp (highly recommend it)this week. Just like any other camp, there are morning time slots for 'quiet time'. Don't freak out on me because I'm not advocating against spending time with Jesus. However, what I am asking is: should we call it 'quiet time'?
I love spending time with Jesus, but for those of you who know anything about me you will know that I struggle to be quiet sometimes. Praise to The Lord that I'm not the only one who struggles with that. But because some of us do struggle with this, we may be hesitant to not have a 'quiet time' because we associate it with being quiet.
I believe that it is biblical to spend time with The Lord & to be isolated when we do it. We read in Mark 1:35 that even Jesus rose up early before anyone else & even before the sun came up to spend time in prayer. I will be the first to tell you that I don't like getting up early, but I know the value of it. I hope & pray that you do too.
So here's what I am saying, spend time with Jesus, have times where you are alone with Jesus, but evaluate your language that you use when talking about it. I was convicted of this some time ago because I have a lot of students who haven't grown up in church, so they don't even understand the terminology. I also have students who have been in church for a while, but think that they have to be quiet when they spend time with Jesus. Because of these convictions, I refer to it as personal time with Jesus. Personal time with Jesus consists of Bible reading, prayer(talking & listening), worship thru song, etc. Don't get stuck on being quiet because you don't necessarily have to be.
Saved by grace,
Bro. Eric
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