“My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.” Psalm 5:3
In the natural realm many of us are accustomed to eating “on the go”, starting off our days in a rush to get to work or to school, maybe grabbing a piece of toast or a cereal bar as we head out of the door. If we have lunch at all, we eat it at our desks, keeping up with the workload that surrounds us. Then at night, if we are fortunate, we sit down to eat our dinners, often the largest meal of the day, on a tray in front of the TV. Then we are too full and too tired to move. So, in the evenings we become “vegged-out” “couch potatoes.”
Many of us can remember that in years gone by our parents would tell us that we should “breakfast like kings, lunch like lords and supper like paupers.” They would advise us that this was a far healthier way to live.
Similarly, the Word of Yehovah encourages us to rise early in the morning, as Yeshua Himself often did, and spend time with our heavenly Father, feeding on His presence before facing the rigours and challenges of the day.
We all know life is not always that simple, nor easy to regulate. It takes self-discipline and a decision of the heart, mind and body to rise early from our beds to centre our hearts and minds upon Yehovah in a morning, before facing the onslaught of issues that inevitably come. Begin your day by focusing, even for a few minutes on your Heavenly Father and Yeshua, asking the Ruach Hakodesh to speak in that still small voice, in a way that will enable you to feed upon His Word throughout the day. Set the alarm a few minutes earlier than usual tomorrow morning.