We wrote Sunday that we can’t do discipleship by big events. The author of Hebrews is clear about what we do need:

Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God. But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. (Hebrews 3.12, 13, ESV)

Following Jesus is a process facilitated by DAILY interactions with God and others. Back in the day, we had Sunday morning church, Sunday night church, and the mid-week “prayer meeting” for, as a friend told me once, “a spiritual shot in the arm” to get us through the week.

It rarely occurred to church leaders that they ought to be equipping and facilitating their people’s ability to meet with God and others DAILY. Everything revolved around events: the annual (or semi-annual) “revival” and the weekly (or semi-weekly) church services.

I’m encouraging DAILY time with God, and some of us also have to figure out how to have DAILY stimulation from others. And it may even be more than DAILY – more tomorrow.

My voice You shall hear in the morning, O LORD; In the morning I will direct it to You, And I will look up. (Psalm 5.3, NKJV)

Hear instruction and be wise, and do not neglect it. Blessed is the one who listens to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting beside my doors. For whoever finds me finds life and obtains favor from the LORD. (Proverbs 8.33 – 35, ESV)