Devotion cannot be compared to any other important thing in our lives. We have to make devotion and the spirit of devotion part and parcel of who we are. To me, that is the only way we can overcome this world filled with evil, depression, and all kinds of distractions that the enemy has planned to keep us from reaching the place of pleasing God.
You will often hear many Christians say they cannot hear the voice of God, they cannot feel His joy, they do not understand what God is doing, they are always sad, depressed, and down. This is often because they do not have a devotional life. The fruits of the Spirit grow and manifest first in the place of devotion.