It started out the same as any other QT. Starting off with my devotional book, a little bit of dozing off here and there, then prayer.
I was going through a lot of hardships these past few days so I went through a process of restoration and healing last night. But waking up this morning, I felt the same. Bitterness, anger, jealousy…the day didn’t even begin yet. But as I was praying, I was asking God for restoration again.
I realized that as human beings, we constantly fall. We delve into our emotions and sins and we dwell in our hurts. But God doesn’t want us to live that way. Everyday, we must be restored and equipped by His words and His presence. We must constantly ask Him to fill us with His Spirit because in Isaiah 11:2, it explains all the things the Spirit fills us with. Wisdom, understanding, counsel, power, knowledge, and the fear of the Lord.
Not only did I need restoration but I also needed wisdom and understanding and where can I find this wisdom? Proverbs.
31 chapters of Proverbs, 31 days of the month. It just takes one chapter a day to be equipped with the Spirit of wisdom and understanding. We don’t know how others feel, what they’re going through, what to say to them, but the Spirit does.
“A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.”
Proverbs 17:22
Let’s stop dwelling in our hurts, our negative emotions, and give it all to God. Ask Him to fill you with the Spirit, the Spirit that gives us wisdom, understanding, counsel, power, knowledge, and the fear of the Lord. Being filled with the Spirit won’t only benefit you but God works as a fountain in us. He OVERFLOWS from within us and the Spirit starts touching the hearts of others.
Let’s have the BEST QT everyday of our lives.