In the Morning

I just read Jamie’s latest post on her blog, http://jamiesbloggerblog.blogspot.com/, and it has shamed me—or at least, it has woken me up a little. So often, I feel a conviction from God, where He tells me to do this or that, to say this or that, and I find out later that when God asked me to say it, He meant it, and in fact that time was the best time to do it. But usually, I bat the idea around in my head, talk about it a little, think it over, and then most of the time I forget what I was going to do. Sometimes, it’s a prayer, and other times, it’s something that I need to say to someone or some people. This time, on Saturday last, it was something that I was feeling that I should say on this blog. And, as I have done so many times before, I waited too long to say it, and—meaning no rudeness to Jamie—she got to it first.

A little while ago, my pastor talked about the power of prayer, and encouraged us to strive to have a better relationship with our God, and to better know His wishes. He told us, on a different sermon, about a friend of his who would always start his day off with asking God what He wanted him to do that day. The answer wasn’t always an easy one. Once He told him to go to a hospital and to pray with all of, or as many as he could get to, of the patients. The man was not pleased with this at first, but he went anyway—and when he got there, many, many of the people there really wanted the prayer that he could give. He found that it was very rewarding. That story really encouraged me, and when our pastor mentioned again asking God in the mornings what He wants us to do, I decided that I would try to do this, knowing that it was much more pleasing to God to do what He wanted me to do, instead of what I thought He might like—that never works out well!

I did it for a little while, and then a few days ago, I felt that I should share this with more people. And so, although it might be a little late in coming, I’d like to challenge you to pray every morning, asking God what He wants you to do that day, and—this is the important part!—listen to what He says. I have tried many times to do this without the last part, and it invariably ends up the same way—I do not do His will, and my day is filled with dissatisfaction. I still haven’t got the hang of it, but I know that the more I am with Him, talking to Him, telling Him all that’s going wrong in my life, listening to Him, praising Him, the more I will be able to hear His voice when He calls me.

But please, and not for my sake, but for you and your most precious relationship with the Most High, take the time in the morning to ask Him what His will is. You will be rewarded in His good timing.

 

Shalom