Week 2
“When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.” —John 16:13
The Holy Spirit has been given to us to guide, teach, and reveal truth. If we genuinely believe he is always speaking, then it makes sense to set aside daily time to listen. He alone knows the best purpose and direction our life ought to take, and he is the only one who can reveal it.
Too often, we say we want to know God’s will, but we don't create space to actually hear it. Reordering our schedules around God—rather than squeezing him into the margins—signals our seriousness in wanting to live for his purposes.
Reflection Questions
Review your past twenty-four hours. Record how you spent large amounts of your time (or how small amounts of your time added up).
Review your notes over the last five days, depicting how you spent your time.
a. What do you see that is surprising or revealing about your priorities?
b. What areas are missing or seem deficient?
Do your priorities need to be reordered? If so, how? What changes will you make to your daily schedule to give top priority to the Lord each day?
Lord, what are you teaching me in today’s reading?
Lord, what else have you said to me through thoughts, circumstances, conversations, emotions, or the work of the enemy?
Lord, what do you want me to do: At home? At work? In ministry?