O God, You are my God; I will seek you early. My soul thirsts for You, my flesh longs for You in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is....Because You have been my help, therefore in the shadow of Your wings I will rejoice. Psalm 63:1, 7-8
There are two types of people in this world: morning people and night owls. I have never known anyone who claims they are a mid-afternoon person or an early evening person. Only night owls and morning people.
For those who are night owls, the word 'morning' is almost a curse word. It takes them a while to get rolling in the morning and conversation is not the first thing they want to have.
Yet that is when David would seek God. Early in the morning. Before he got into his day, while the world was still quiet, David sought God.
Is it worth getting up early in the morning to seek God if your body doesn't really want to?
All I know is this: it worked for David. Would it work for me? Would it work for you?
What do you think about this passage?
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My personal experience is that Bible study in the morning sets the tone for the entire day. When I'm tired from a day of work, Bible reading is refreshing.
ReplyDeleteGod's Word is supernatural; not the book by itself, but the words in it. Those words are words of power; they change us, inspire us, motivate us, feed us, and empower us. They work anytime of the day or night. We just need to let the words out of the book and open our hearts to receive them.
I don’t remember the exact day I became a morning person… I am pretty sure it was sometime while my four children were school aged and the only way I could stay ahead of them was to rise early before they woke. But it was in the quietness of the early morning that I began to fall in love with God. I lay my concerns and burdens down before Him and I would seek a quick verse to get me through the day. Somewhere along the way this verse fell before my eyes, “Search me, O God, and know my heart, test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me and lead me in the way everlasting.” I realized that I could not be honest with this scripture. Did I really want a God that would point out my flaws? No one was harder on themselves then I and I needed a God that would only speak good things to my ears and affirm my poor self-esteem. What an eye opening experience because I had conveniently created my own god in my image, a god that only was concerned with me, my idol was my need to feel good about me. I wish I could say that I submitted to God right then and there, but it was days of chewing on this verse, do I dare ask Him to expose my sin? And then do I dare leave the comfortable god I created behind and move forward to worship the Creator. Who was this God?
ReplyDeleteThus began my journey. I ask God to teach me I needed to know Him. So early the next morning I would wake to His Word, with a cup of coffee, my Bible and a notebook as I sat at His feet He taught me about Him. My soul thirst for Him and my flesh longed to meet Him early in the morning. It was His Holiness I was drawn to His Righteous I desired and His being Sovereign that I would learn to trust! HE has led me to mountain tops as I experienced His wonder and He has walked me through the darkest of storms. O God, You are my God; I will seek you early. My soul thirsts for You, my flesh longs for You in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is....Because You have been my help, therefore in the shadow of Your wings I will rejoice. Psalm 63:1, 7-8
I'll admit, I'm NOT a morning person. I just have to be one out of necessity. With that being said, this passage is calling me to seek the LORD at all times of the day, not just at night before bedtime. This passage also makes me look at how I should be seeking Him earnestly and constantly and not just as a one time thing, but as a daily, constant, giving relationship. Relationships have to be constant and this one is a constant realtionship that requires time. Since God only fixed it where there are only 24 hours in a day, it is my priority as a Christian to make time for prayer and personal Bible Study. I'm better at the Bible Study part; however, the prayer part needs some more work. Thank you God that I can rest in the shadow of your wings and thank you God for loving a messed up sinner like me because your love is better than life.
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