"In the morning, Lord, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait expectantly" (Psalm 5:3).
When babies cry out once inflicted with pain or in some need, for some any babies voice is but similar to the other. It is just baby cry. However, a mother of a particular baby would certainly know when it is his own baby crying. Out of all there is that cry that penetrates through and pierces her soul to rush to the immediate rescue of the baby.
Our prayers might seem like just ordinarily cries.Yet as with a baby when we raise them to God He hears them with attention because we are His children. A mother easily recognises the voice of his baby; equally so, our Father in heaven recognises our individual voices. There are not mere cries but the voice of a dear child!
When you rise up in the morning or are going about through the day know that your cry to God is unique to Him alone. It is not just like any other cry. Babies have a certain assurance that their mother will not hesitate once she has heard their cry. And you too, as you also lay down your requests before God, know that as you raise your voice to Him, God hears that voice of yours for you are His dear child!
Prayer today: Lord Father God of Abraham, maker of heaven and earth, I rise in the morning to lay my request before you with my voice and which I know you hear, for you are my God and I am your child, this I pray in Jesus's name.
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One of the defining aspects we see in the life of the Lord Jesus Christ is that He began the day with prayer. “Very early in the morning while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed” (Mark 1:35). As he was always surrounded by crowds and after such a busy day before of preaching and engaging the Pharisees in debates this must have been a therapeutic moment for Christ when he would have some good time to himself.
But there was also more. For Jesus being away in a secluded place would also mean a chance to pour out His heart to God, meditate in quietness, plan for the day ahead and listen to the Father. Jesus must have looked up to this moment every day knowing its benefits. Conversations with His Father must have been real and intimate, bringing a certain soothing and uplifting of His spirit. You do not wake up and stick to something on a daily basis that is a drag – this must have been his best time of the day!
Martin Luther the leader of the protestant reformation is reputed to once have said, “I have so much to do that I shall spend the first three hours in prayer.” Here is the point. In the olden days before the arrival of locomotive transport those who were setting out for a long journey on foot had to start early with the first cock crow before the punishing sun came out. One of the things they had to start with also was a good meal, which was fuel needed to give them energy through the long walk to their destiny.
There are no rules about waking up to pray as first thing- or even saying prayer at a defined hour of the day. God is everywhere and ever with us. He is accessible at any time of the day. But there is something special about prioritizing our lives that the first thing we do is to talk to God. Just like the early traveller we need fuel, for the long day ahead!
Prayer for today: Lord Father God of Abraham, maker of heaven and earth, what a joy and privilege to make time at the start of any day, talk and hear from you, for the power I need through the day, this I pray in Jesus’ name!
