The Bible is filled with rich motives for making our devotional lives a priority, but for brevity’s sake, allow me to remind you of three.

God’s Word Reveals God’s Will
God’s Word Reminds Us of Our Sin
God’s Word Revives Our Hearts

I need reviving on a regular basis. Coffee has a way of reviving my mind in the morning.  Sleep has a way of reviving my body.  A good laugh with a great friend has a way of reviving my emotions. But only God’s Word by the power of God’s Spirit has the power to revive our hearts - the very seat of all we are.  In Psalm 119:50, the psalmist prays, “This is my comfort in my affliction, that Your Word has revived me.” The sum total of Scripture points us to who Jesus is and what He has accomplished on our behalf through His life, death, and resurrection. The Spirit of God uses the Word of God to fill our hearts afresh with love, joy, peace, patience, and the rest of the fruit He has promised us. (Galatians 5:22–23)

Do not miss the opportunity to get on your knees, open God’s Book, and beg Him to revive your heart in the way that only He can.  Clearly, there is no shortage of reasons why our devotional lives are important, and my guess is that little of what I’ve shared thus far comes as a surprise to you.  Unfortunately, we have to ask what are motives are in prayer.  Motives matter. Why you do what you do is just as important as what you do.

Prayer is never a price we pay to put God in our debt. Reading the Scriptures is never a means of meriting the approval of God. We do not build a devotional life so that God will love us. We build a devotional life because, in Christ, God already love us. Make no mistake, your devotional life is of the utmost importance. But motive is everything. If you build it for the wrong reasons, the very thing meant to be a means of God’s grace in your life will become a crushing burden that will rob you of joy. Be reminded today of why your devotional life is of so much importance and that we pursue God in devotions because He has first pursued us.