As His Custom Was

And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.

Luke 4:16

The best Man that ever lived on our planet illustrated this receptivity and response rhythm. No one was so utterly dependent on God and no one was more personally disciplines in his habits (or customs). He did three things by habit: (1) “He stood up to read as his custom was” – He read the Word of God by habit. (2) “He went out into the mountain to pray as his custom was” – He prayed by habit. (3) “He taught them again as his custom was” – He passed on to others by habit what he had and what he had found. These simple habits were the foundation habits of his life…No converted person can live without those habits at work vitally in his life.

– E. Stanley Jones, Conversion as referenced in the KJV Devotional Bible, Hendrickson Publishers, 2011 Edition.