Dear friends, never go out into the danger of the world without praying first. There is always a temptation to shorten your time in prayer. After a difficult day of work, when you kneel at night to pray with tired eyes, do not use your drowsiness as an excuse to resign yourself to early rest. Then when the morning breaks and you realise you have overslept, resist the temptation to skip your early devotion or to hurry through it.
Once again, you have not taken the time to 'watch and pray.' Your alertness has been sacrificed, and there will be irreparable damage. Temptations are waiting to confront you, and you are not prepared to withstand them. Within your soul you have a sense of guilt, and you seem to be lingering some distance from God. It certainly is no coincidence that you tend to fall short of your responsibilities on those days when you have allowed your weariness to interfere with your prayer life.
When we give in to laziness, moments of prayer that are missed can never be redeemed.
By Frederick William Robertson
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Jean,
ReplyDeleteI am guilty of that...Do you know, sleeping is my hobby. Thanks for the reminder!