Devotional for Thursday, September 15, 2016
“Morning and Evening You Meet Us!”
by Dona Hake
Psalm 143:8 (AMP)
“Cause me to hear Your loving-kindness in the morning,
for on You do I lean and in You do I trust.
Cause me to know the way wherein
I should walk, for I lift up my inner self to You.”
It is our Lord’s desire to command His lovingkindness in our direction each and every day. It is coming toward us in our waking moments. Do you awaken thanking Him for a new day in which His lovingkindness is there for you? Many times we may awaken with our hearts burdened with what we need to do or it may be burdened with worries of how we are going to get through the day. The question is, how did we enter into rest the night before? I know it to be true that if we go to bed with much on our mind that this is how we wake up. The Lord does not want us to greet our day with the thoughts of yesterday nor the worries about our tomorrows. He desires that we greet Him with a clear mind and heart that we may receive His lovingkindness each and every morning!
Psalm 42:8 Amplified Bible
Yet the Lord will command His lovingkindness in the daytime,
And in the night His song will be with me,
A prayer to the God of my life.
Let us trust to experience His lovingkindness as we awaken and hear His song at the end of the day. May this be a prayer for our life. Lord, we ask that you remind us at the end of our day that You desire to give Your beloved sweet sleep. Help us to enter into rest with clear minds and hearts that are light for You have promised to take our burdens that we not live in anxiety. Let us experience Your song over us in the evening, and may we awaken to Your presence as You meet us with Your lovingkindness. In Jesus Name, Amen!