Morning Vision!

How do you wake up in the morning? Does it take a while to get the “cobwebs” out of your eyes before you can get moving? Do you fall out of bed and stumble across your room? Do you push the snooze on your alarm to catch just a few more moments of shut-eye? Do you groan that the night is gone and a new day has begun? Do you dread throwing off the blankets and facing the day? What kind of morning vision do you have?

David wrote…
“O LORD, in the morning you hear my voice; IN THE MORNING I prepare a sacrifice for you and WATCH.” ( Psalm 5:3 ESV)

The New Living Translation reads…
“Listen to my voice in the morning, LORD. Each morning I bring my requests to you AND WAIT EXPECTANTLY.” (NLT © 1997, Tyndale House)

It was with an EXPECTANT VISION David approached the day. He laid it out before the Lord, trusted in God’s help, and was ready to move out!

We too ought to begin each day with prayer. PRAYER IS AN ACT OF LOOKING UP. That is the way to begin the day -- LOOKING UP IN EXPECTATION of what God will provide and be willing to do through us this day. This will help us to move through the day with an onward motion rather than a backward view of drudgery (wishing we were back in bed). It will aid in moving out with an UPWARD GAZE with higher aims than those of the world. It will also help us resist the pessimism of the world as we move out knowing who our hope is dependent on.

Have a great day WITH AN UPWARD VISION!
Carl

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[This focus was originally sent 11/06/1998 (Edited some with passage changed to ESV)]

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