One of the strongest and most wonderful evidence of God's mercy is when we wake up in the morning.
It's a new day with God's fresh mercy to greet us. Yes, some wake up in terrible pain wishing never to see the morning light. Others don't think anything of a new day but see a long stretch of weary hours at the office. Still others are glad yesterday is gone and hope never to repeat a day like it again.
Regardless to our condition or outlook, another day of life is another day to experience the depths of God's love and mercy!
From the book of Lamentations chapter 3:22-23 we read, "It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness." (KJV).
How we respond to His new mercies will set the course of the day. Let me encourage you beloved sisters and brothers to take time with Jesus first thing in the morning. Before you read the paper or busy yourselves with getting ready for work or before you make any telephone call. Greet Him as you rise from your bed. Simply whisper His name and you will sense His glorious Presence.
Did you know He speaks to us while we sleep? It says in Job 33:15-17 that He instructs us in the way we ought to go and prevent us from sinning. A God who never slumbers is teaching us so when we awake our hearts and minds is refreshed. King David understood this secret for he writes, "How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee." (Psalms 139:17-18).
Those outside of Christ have a fear of never waking up. For the believer we should be concerned if we are waking up and don't have God on our mind when we open our eyes. After all, He's been whispering in our ears all night.
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