The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul - Psalm 19:7

You know this new lifestyle i’ve been practicing…it’s pretty good. Wake up early, do devotion, then the devotion sorta not only devotes your time then in the morning, but also sis like devoting the rest of your day to God too. Then do all my other stuff/work/play/church and then sleep early cos i’ll be so tired by then. It’s great really, but in the process of making this a habit, i’ve been getting really tired in the middle of the day and really requiring a nap and then i crash into bed and zonk off til the next morning. The problem really is the middle of the day, where a nap would help, but in the working life, where would you have the time to nap in the afternoon? What is the answer? I wonder whether it’ll get less tiring as i continue on the same timing everyday. And now i don’t have to feel guilty for wasting the day away and i really go through it trying to be as productive as i can, in living to glorify God.

Ohhh…now i finally understand how my parents do it. Accountability is also very important i guess. Like my parents are sort of accountable for me and my sister [they needed to prepare breakfast and send us to school] so they made it their responsibility and duty to wake up early and prepare. It’s an obligation, not forced though. There is a difference; being obligated and willingly obliging. In my case, i willingly oblige myself to do this so i guess that helps me wake up every morning. I’m glad to do it and i try to keep my obligation as best i can. 

Not to mention that the day is really different when i start it with God. It’s different from if you do it in the afternoon or evening. The rest of your day sorta falls in after you kickstart it with God right when you’re just woken up. "The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul." Psalm 19:7. If your soul is revived way ahead before your day starts, wow. Canyou just imagine what the rest of the day is going to be like? All the possibilities! It’s like waking up and your petrol tank is FULL because you took the time to go and refill it before you did anything else in the day. You can go anywhere, do anything because your engine has its necessary energy and is pumped up and ready to go. Whereas if you wake up and ignore your empty tank, sooner or later, you’ll just run out and your engine dies. 

So to wake up to the Lord, is sort of like acknowledging that you really need God. As human as we are, we cannot run on our own strength, as the car cannot run on its own [without petrol]. We need to be filled with the Spirit! Otherwise we will run on empty and die out. 

John Piper says, "Entering the day without a serious meeting with God, over his Word and in prayer, is like entering the battle without tending to your weapons. It’s like taking a trip without filling the tires with air or the tank with gas. The human heart does not replenish itself with sleep. The body does, but not the heart. The spiritual air leaks from our tires, and the gas is consumed in the day. We replenish our hearts not with sleep, but with the Word of God and prayer."