Mental Diet
I have been struggling to have my quiet time the past two weeks and I feel empty because of it. This morning on my way to work I wondered what it is about missing quiet time that causes me to feel so empty. I think I know the answer, at least for me.
When I miss quiet time it is usually because I am too busy. I end up staying up late the night before, and when my alarm goes off the next morning, I hit the snooze instead of meeting with the Lord. I don’t have time to read my Bible or pray during the day because of work and other commitments so I end up skipping a day. One day leads to two, then three, then a week, and so on. Before you know it my daily intake of scripture has disappeared.
I don’t stop watching TV, or surfing the web, or listening to the radio when I stop reading the Bible so my secular mental intake stays the same. When this happens my spiritual life gets out of balance. Too much of the world starts to invade my mind and there is no scripture to combat it. What ends up happening is my mind becomes focused on the things the world tells me are important. I begin to worry about getting a new car, or having the perfect sex life, or getting more money, or getting a better job, etc. None of this should be my focus. Christ should be my focus. Jesus even speaks to this in one of my favorite passages. Matthew 6:35-34 which reads:
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