Time with God

For many, daily quiet time with God is essential to have a successful day. On pp. 171-172 of Wild at Heart, John Eldredge goes into detail about why time with God is important:

Time with God each day is not about academic study or getting through a certain amount of Scripture or any of that. It's about connecting with God. We've got to keep those lines of communication open, so use whatever helps. Sometimes I'll listen to music; other times I'll read Scripture or a passage from a book; often I will journal; maybe I'll go for a run; then there are days when all I need is silence and solitude and the rising sun. The point is simply to do whatever brings me back to my heart and the heart of God. God has spared me many times from an ambush I had no idea was coming; he warned me in my time with him in the early morning about something that was going to happen that day. Just the other day it was a passage from a book about forgiveness. I sensed he was saying something to me personally. Lord, am I unforgiving? No, he said. About an hour later I received a very painful phone call -- a betrayal. Oh, you were telling me to be ready to forgive, weren't you? Yes.

God knows what we need. We just have to listen.