Good Morning, Lord
This past week my dad sent me an email entitled “Holy Humor.” One of the jokes stated, “Somebody has said there are only two kinds of people in the world. There are those who wake up in the morning and say, ‘Good morning, Lord,’ and there are those who wake up in the morning and say, ‘Good Lord, it’s morning.’”
I have heard it that there are two different kinds of people in the world but never in a way such as this. Although it is funny in some sense, it causes me to ask a question: How do I wake up in the morning? Better yet, how do you wake up in the morning?
I would dare say that even this morning there were some who woke up saying, “Good Lord, it’s morning.” I know there are days during the week that I think such things as I crawl out of bed. But what if everyday we could wake up saying, “Good morning, Lord.”
There is a book I have been reading entitled 10 Things Every Minister Needs to Know by Ronnie Floyd. The first chapter of his book is entitled “The Power of One Hour” and within that chapter Floyd talks about the power we can gain from spending one hour a day with God. Later in the book, Floyd goes on to say that he wakes up every morning by 4:00 am to spend an hour with God and an hour exercising before he goes to work. Sounds crazy doesn’t it? Is it worth it?
This challenges me. What does it do for you? Some would say there is no sense in doing this because you can have a quiet time whenever you want to. I would guess that most of us don’t have a quiet time at all but what if you disciplined yourself to wake up every morning saying, “Good morning, Lord”? Sometimes we wonder why our day goes so bad and perhaps it is because we haven’t talked to God all day because He’s not worth waking up for. As Jody stated last Sunday night, maybe we don’t know God or even see a need to spend time with him. It’s a hard thought to digest but our churches are full of people who think like this. It always humbles me to remember that I didn’t do God a favor by being saved. We owe him our lives, our sleep, everything that we have. Can you give Him just one hour?
I challenge you to spend time with God daily. Even more so I challenge you to spend time with him in the morning before your day even gets started. Don’t depend on the church or some preacher to give you enough theology to last you all week. As I told the youth last week during Sunday school, Christianity is a thinking faith. If you’re not asking questions then you are not thinking and if you’re not seeking and answer you’re not pursuing God. We should never be able to get enough of him. See if you can discover the power of one hour by saying, “Good morning, Lord.”
Because He lives,
Bro. Jared
I have heard it that there are two different kinds of people in the world but never in a way such as this. Although it is funny in some sense, it causes me to ask a question: How do I wake up in the morning? Better yet, how do you wake up in the morning?
I would dare say that even this morning there were some who woke up saying, “Good Lord, it’s morning.” I know there are days during the week that I think such things as I crawl out of bed. But what if everyday we could wake up saying, “Good morning, Lord.”
There is a book I have been reading entitled 10 Things Every Minister Needs to Know by Ronnie Floyd. The first chapter of his book is entitled “The Power of One Hour” and within that chapter Floyd talks about the power we can gain from spending one hour a day with God. Later in the book, Floyd goes on to say that he wakes up every morning by 4:00 am to spend an hour with God and an hour exercising before he goes to work. Sounds crazy doesn’t it? Is it worth it?
This challenges me. What does it do for you? Some would say there is no sense in doing this because you can have a quiet time whenever you want to. I would guess that most of us don’t have a quiet time at all but what if you disciplined yourself to wake up every morning saying, “Good morning, Lord”? Sometimes we wonder why our day goes so bad and perhaps it is because we haven’t talked to God all day because He’s not worth waking up for. As Jody stated last Sunday night, maybe we don’t know God or even see a need to spend time with him. It’s a hard thought to digest but our churches are full of people who think like this. It always humbles me to remember that I didn’t do God a favor by being saved. We owe him our lives, our sleep, everything that we have. Can you give Him just one hour?
I challenge you to spend time with God daily. Even more so I challenge you to spend time with him in the morning before your day even gets started. Don’t depend on the church or some preacher to give you enough theology to last you all week. As I told the youth last week during Sunday school, Christianity is a thinking faith. If you’re not asking questions then you are not thinking and if you’re not seeking and answer you’re not pursuing God. We should never be able to get enough of him. See if you can discover the power of one hour by saying, “Good morning, Lord.”
Because He lives,
Bro. Jared
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