As an ADHDer, I have trouble getting to sleep on time. As a result, I have trouble waking up early enough to get to work on time much less have a decent devotional. It used to bother me a lot that I was having my devotional at night rather than first thing in the morning. One night many years ago, I expressed my frustration that I wasn’t having a devotional first thing in the morning to a mentor. She looked at me funny and said, “why not just have it in the evening?”
That blew my mind! I thought that the best time to have a devotional was first thing in the morning, and was feeling guilty about having it at night. After all, there are plenty of Bible verses about rising up early. In fact, just doing some research for this devotional, I came across a website imploring us to rise up early, and giving a lot of reasons to feel guilty if you don’t get up early to spend time with God.
However, I would argue that the verses that talk about rising early are more descriptive than they are prescriptive. Yes, Jesus often rose early, but does that make it a sin for us to have our devotionals at night if we have trouble sleeping?
I’ve said before, Ecclesiastes is one of my favorite books of the Bible. Here’s a gem:
Ecclesiastes: 11:4
Farmers who wait for perfect weather never plant. If they watch every cloud, they never harvest. (NLT)
In other words, if we always wait for the perfect time to do something, we’ll never get around to doing it. I think that’s especially true of ADHDers with our propensity to procrastinate. It’s more important to have a devotional regularly than it is to have one in the morning. When the urge comes to spend time with the Lord, if you can, do it then!
What else have you felt guilty about when you don’t need to? Do you feel pressure to do something from someone else’s legalism (or even good intention)? Pray about whether it’s true conviction from the Holy Spirit or pressure you’re feeling from an artificial rule from someone else.
And if you’re still feeling bad about having a devotional at night, read this one:
Psalm 63:6
I lie awake thinking of you, meditating on you through the night. (NLT)
ADD: Attention Deficit Devotional 
This was a basic yet a faithful post. I was always taught ‘mornings’ were most important but the truth is as long as were being faithful and obedient to God and His word God is well pleased and we are still getting spiritually fed the pure milk of His Word wether day or night. I have no steadfast daily routine because of work schedule n other things that come into play so I can find myself reading n studying in the morning one day, the next at my lunch break, and the following at night.