Wednesday, June 12, 2013

How To Start

For those of my readers that come here every day, my apologies for posting so late. When I awoke this morning I had an opportunity to pray, but was quickly drawn into the battle of the day. As the dust began to settle this afternoon, I realized that the task I try to early, this post, had been left unattended. That caused me to think about how we start spiritual warfare. How should we begin the battle?

In Lamentations 3:22-24 we see that the writer comes to the conclusion that God’s mercies are new every morning. In reading the entire text we see a sad picture of someone cast out by his people, and even mocked by them. As he laments, he realizes that he is yet alive because God is on his side holding him up. That is when he decides to hope in the Lord because every day God’s mercy is new. How do we get it? WE ask.

In Psalm 63 the psalmist says, “…early will I rise to seek You.” Isaiah said in Isaiah 26:9 to God that his spirit would seek God early. In Psalm 119:62 the psalmist states that he will rise at midnight(early in the Jewish day) to seek God. Hmmm. There seems to be a recurring theme. To start each day, to start the battle, we need to do first things first. Spiritual things are the first things.

Prayer
Father, thank You for Your mercies being new every day. I thank You that You hear us always. Help us to be able to do Your things first. Help us to see what You are doing, and do that, to hear what you are saying and say that, that many might experience the fullness of the kingdom. In Jesus name. Amen.