Morning

Morning; a time to rise, to begin anew, to seek the One who created it, who has presented it as a package so unique, so individual.

I sit and turn my face to the sun and its morning warmth that bathes the room with hues so warm and welcoming, I turn my heart to the Son of Righteousness, to be open and waiting, to confess and have removed whatever is in the way.

Why did God create night and day? Why did He create the morning and the evening, the times that reveal and then hide what we call day, to enter and depart with such artistry and leave us in awe of their momentary beauty? What messages has He painted across the sky that my mind, the oh so human mind, is totally unable to comprehend? Or does He send them to cause me to come and seek Him in that Holy Place where He dwells?

The human heart and soul search for intimacy, for the love that is so perfect that it goes beyond any of our expectations, and yet even when we find it in another human we realize that it never can be perfect. Only as I fall at the feet of Christ, long for His embrace and love, do I realize that here in this place with Him is that perfect love, that intimacy without fear, lacking nothing, the place where all the hopes and dreams are laid down and here “my soul, wait silently for God alone, for my expectation is from Him” Psalm 62.5

The morning, matina, where God spoke to Moses saying “Rise early in the morning and stand..” Exodus 8:20. A time when Ezekiel found “In the morning the word of the Lord came to me…” Ezekiel 12.8, or as King David wrote for the director of music “In the morning, O Lord, you hear my voice, in the morning I lay my request before you and wait in expectation” Psalm 5.3. The place where deep calls to deep and where He causes His love to come to the heart to prepare a song for the night – Psalm 42.7,8

What is it about this introductory space of time in each day that calls us to come and sit, yes to be embraced in His presence? Why do I often not want to seek this time with Him because I have a million things to do, and so many thoughts collided in my mind?

Therefore I come to the conclusion this morning that this gift of the moment in “today” is so precious that I would be negligent not to savor it and find the richness in it before I hurry on into the rest of the day, should He wish to grant me the rest of this day. He may not – it is His choice, in His blueprint.

“O God, You are my God; early will I seek You; my soul thirsts for You.
Because Your lovingkindness is better than life.
My soul follows close behind You; Your right hand upholds me” Psalm 63:1,3,8