IN THE MORNING

IN THE MORNING

What we do the first thing in the morning, usually has an extensive effect on how well we can respond to the rest of the day. In the 1880s a young Christian man got a job in a pawnshop. Although he disliked the work, he did it faithfully as unto the Lord until a better opportunity came his way. To prepare himself to live a faith-filled life, he wrote these resolutions on a scrap of paper: “I do promise God, that I will rise early every morning to have a few minutes—not less than five—in private prayer”. King David also made a similar commitment, that he would lay his needs before the LORD in the morning.

"In the morning, O LORD, hear my voice. In the morning I lay my needs in front of you, and I wait."

Psalm 5:3 GW

I got up early one morning and rushed right into the day!

I had so much to accomplish that I didn’t take time to pray.

Problems just tumbled about me, and heavier became each task.

I prayed, “God, why don’t you help me?” He answered, “You didn’t ask!”

I wanted to see joy and beauty, but the day toiled on, gray and bleak.

I asked God why he didn’t show me. He answered me, “But you didn’t seek”.

I tried to come into God’s presence; I used all my keys at the lock.

God gently and lovingly chided, “Why, child, you didn’t knock!”

Things always seem to go better the entire day for me, whenever I choose to lay my needs before God the first thing in the morning.

Alvin J Yoder

4/23/2019