Finding Time For Faith
Finding Time For Faith In A Fast-Paced World
Do you ever feel like your “to-do” list is a mile long?
You may have the best of intentions, but hours later the sun is setting and you remember that you didn’t open your Bible, not even once.
Or, you didn’t tune into a Biblical sermon, not even that.
Guilty.
I hate to say it, but that has happened to me.
Christian writer and Holocaust survivor, Corrie Ten Boom, once said:
If the devil cannot make us bad, he will make us busy. – Corrie Ten Boom.1
That is so true.
As Christians, finding time for faith should be a priority, but have you noticed how life often seems to get in the way?
We become like robots rapidly moving from one task to the next. We are overworked, overstressed, and spiritually undernourished. Our culture promotes “bigger and better” and subtly challenges us to keep up. Whew! Who made these rules anyway? Satan loves to keep us running in circles trying to beat the clock. If he can distract us, he can minimize our usefulness to the Kingdom of God. Satan may be the Prince of Darkness, but he is also the Duke of Distraction. – gotquestions.org 2
For me, getting up around 4:30 in the morning is the best time to do my Bible study. I don’t even need an alarm anymore.
Sometimes I miss though, and I’m kicking myself hours later.
You may have a similar time crunch – getting ready for work, having quality time with your kids, attending their sports events, making meals etc.
No one ever said that it would be easy.
Not easy considering all of our daily responsibilities, but oh so important.
Finding Time For Faith Through Prayer and Bible Reading
The Bible contains God’s Words to us.
His divine guidance for the experiences and emotions we go through in this life are God-breathed into the words on those pages.
I want to hear what God has to say, don’t you?
None of us are perfect and a few misses will naturally happen, but don’t let the devil completely take over your life with busyness.
Bible reading and prayer will enrich your walk with God.
Guaranteed.
Your word is a lamp to my feet
And a light to my path. – Psalm 119:105, (NASB).3
Isn’t that what life is all about?
Bringing glory to God, honoring Him, learning about His character through His Word and through the earthly ministry of His Son, Jesus.
Spending time with the Lord comes in many different forms, but there’s one daily prayer I wanted to share with you that you can access easily online.
It’s called “The Lift Daily Prayer” with Jack Hibbs.
Between 10-15 minutes long, the daily video begins with a Bible verse, an explanation of its meaning, and then it ends with prayer. You also have the option to share your prayer requests in the “comment” section where believers from all over the world can pray for you specifically.
This is not meant to replace the reading of God’s Word in any way, but it is an option to get you started.
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1 Corrie Ten Boom, (1892-1983), Christian writer and Holocaust survivor. Quotation courtesy of AZquotes.com. Accessed 14 October, 2025. Corrie Ten Boom quotation
2 Quotation from gotquestions.org, from “What does the Bible say about busyness/being too busy? n.d., para. 1. Web. Accessed October 14, 2025. Retrieved from Bible Busyness.
3 Scripture quotation is from the New American Standard Bible (NASB) Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation.
