Summer is a time for leisurely activities. For those of us involved in academics, whether as a student or an instructor, summer is a time to break out of the strict routines of the school year. We do not have to get up quite as early. There is no need for study every night. For others, summer is a time of vacations and leisure activities that can not be done in the fall, winter, or spring.
Summer is a time for breaking the customs or habits of the other three seasons of the year.
If we are not careful we can let summer interfere with our normal customs of prayer, fasting, Bible study, church attendance, and giving. As a Christian, I want people to be able to say of me as they said of Jesus, he prayed every day as his custom was. He fasted once a week as his custom was. He studied the Scripture as his custom was. He went to church as his custom was.