"Time Away From Craziness"

By Zach Wood

Psalm 4:1

Answer me when I call to you, O my righteous God.  Give me relief from my distress;

be merciful to me and hear my prayer.

 

 

This past month, in my personal devotional time, I have been reading through the book of Psalms.  It is interesting because I started reading through Psalms before I got to the month in my devotional book that Psalms is being used for the whole month.  I've been inspired to read all about David's singing to the Lord.  The Psalms are beautiful and so poetic.  Through my quiet time, I have come to realize more and more how vital it is to have a quiet time each day.  It seems that quiet time in our society is just impossible.  There does not seem to be an opportunity for quietness anywhere you go.  It is not easy.  You and I have to really plan quiet time each day and make it a discipline, or else other things get in the way and constantly distract. 

 

I am thankful for each morning that I get to spend in silence.  I get up about 6am and leave for work about 7am.  Between that time, I take time to wake up, or at least I try to wake up.  I sit down and take time to read through my Bible and devotional book.  It is really the only time during the day that I truly have alone.  My wife and daughter are still in bed and I have the silence all to myself.  I have just learned to become more thankful for that short time I have in the mornings because the rest of the day is usually very hectic and fast-paced. 

 

I am sure many of you live each day in a busy world.  It is hard to find time to just get alone and be in silence.  It seems to be one of the hardest acts for us to do as Christians.  Silence for many is just uncomfortable.  Jesus needed time away from the crowds to breathe deep and spend time with His Father.  Jesus also knows we need time with the Father as well.  David realized he needed God by crying out to Him and asking for guidance in his life from his distress. 

 

I challenge each of you to find a time each day to get alone and just breathe deep the Word of God and to take time to just sit in silence.  It is a feeling that cannot be described.  I am working on it and have a long way to go.  I have a hard time just sitting in silence.  But each of us needs that silence each day to regain sanity from the world of craziness around us.  Take time to get away from the craziness and get alone with God.