Quiet time before Church

This morning, I found myself waking up quite early and decided to take some extra time out to spend time with God. I got ready for Church and drove to a nearby river to sit in my car and read my devotions. It was an interesting experience and different to my usual rush to church. Often in Church I would find that by the time I woke up properly, the worship service was already over. It was even more worrying when some days I wouldn’t even remember going to Church in the morning. I have come to realise today the alertness that  I could have in the worship service when I have spent more time before Church “waking up” rather than doing that during the worship service. Hopefully in the future, I would apply this to more Sunday worship services and meet the King before worshipping Him in Church. Reminds me of the privilege we have to know God intimately.