What Time Did You Get Up?

Come, sit, and enjoy a cup of tea or coffee in the comfort of the Lord:  "Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice."  Ephesians  4:31

            " . . . in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the Lord."  Exodus  16:7

     Will you please tell me what time it is?  My, oh my, is it that late already and you are just eating your breakfast?  What time did you get up this morning?  Yes, yes, I know you are late but why are you so late? You have missed the very best part of the day - the morning, when all is still and fresh and sweet, when the dew bejewels the grass and the birds sing their sweetest.  I know you were sleepy, and it was hard to get up early, but why didn't you go to bed earlier last night?  You sat up to watch a television show and this morning you missed the greatest show of all - the sunrise.  You sat up to listen to the "can-can" and the "boop da doop" of modern music (??), and you missed the greatest orchestra in nature - the birds singing their chorus at dawn.

     Really it doesn't make sense to stay awake so late by artificial light, that you have to spend three hours of glorious sunshine and daylight lying in bed in the morning.  The morning is the best time of the day, when nature awakens refreshed, when your faculties are at their peak.  It is the best time for meditation, for prayer, for communion with God.  If you begin the day late, all the rest of the day you be will late.

     Remember, the manna fell upon the dew in the morning.  After the sun grew hot it melted.  Morning is the time to sing (Psalm  59:16).  Morning is the time to praise (Psalm  92:2).  Morning is the time to pray  (Mark  1:35).  Morning is the time of resurrection and life (Mark  16:2).

     What a mixed up world!  We have become a flock of bats and owls, instead of larks and canaries.  Tomorrow morning, try it - splash cold water in your face, take a deep breath of morning air, behold the majesty of the sunrise and then read a chapter of the Bible, lift your heart in praise and prayer.  You'll feel better all day.  ". . . in the morning . . . see the glory"  (Exodus 16:7).  In the morning take time for mediation.

"Bread For Each Day"

Come And Get It!

Come, sit, and enjoy a cup of tea or coffee in the comfort of the Lord:  "Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice."  Ephesians  4:31

READ PSALM  119:  33 - 40

    " . . . I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food."  Job  23:12

     Hold everything!  Wait a minute!  Not so fast, brother, or you'll burn out a bearing before the say is over.  Have you read the Scripture for today?  Only eight short verses.  It will take you only forty-five seconds!  If you read it in less than that, go back and read it again, for you read it too fast the first time.  No, No! don't lay this book down and mumble to me,  "I'm in a hurry and you're delaying me."  It is not my fault you overslept.  I didn't keep you up late last night.  Slow down, brother, slow down!  I see you're eating breakfast this morning even though you are late.  You take time to feed your body, but you were going to starve your soul.  Take 45 seconds and read Psalm 119:  33-40.  Don't bother to read the rest of this devotional, but instead read the Bible.   These articles are not designed to substitute for the Bible, but are meant to stimulate your desire to read more of the Bible.  If these devotionals have made you neglect the Word, so you read them instead of some verses of Scripture, then please, please throw these devotionals away!

     Still eating breakfast are you?  Listen!  you might better skip breakfast than skip reading the Word.  Job says,  "I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food."  Man shall not live by bread alone.  Yes, I know you had a rough day yesterday and everything went wrong and you're way behind.  But why be surprised that  yesterday was such a bad day, when you started the day without the Word?  Remember, don't make the same mistake today.  Look at Psalm  119:33 - 40 and make it your prayer today as follows:  Verse 33 - Teach me; verse 34 - Give me; verse 35 - Make me; verse 36 - Incline me; verse 37 - Turn me; Verse 38 - Stablish me; verse 39 - Spare me; and verse 40 - Quicken me.

"Bread For Each Day"