A
Heart Problem
(Does your day
begin with God?)
by Warren W. Wiersbe
(Present Bible Teacher Back to the Bible)
(Present Bible Teacher Back to the Bible)
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| Picture Credit: simplyjuliana.com |
It’s imperative for us to meet God in the
morning if we want to have a good day.
Jesus got up early in the morning to pray, according to Mark 1:35. Here we find the psalmist saying, “My voice
You shall hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning I will direct it to You,
and I will look up” (v.3).
When I used to work in the night shift, I
would sleep in the morning. So when I got
up in the afternoon, I would meet with the Lord. Meeting with God is not an appointment on a clock
but an appointment in your heart. Does
God hear your voice in the morning? When
He looks on you at the beginning of your day, does He look on you as a priest
who has come to offer Him sacrifices of praise?
That’s what direct means (v.3)—“to order my prayer.” It means to arrange the sacrifice on the
altar.
When you wake up in the morning, remind
yourself that you are one of God’s priests.
How did you become a priest?
Through faith in Jesus Christ. “To
Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood, and has made us
kings and priests to His God and Father” (Rev. 1:5,6). You’re one of God’s priests. That means wherever you are is God’s temple,
because your body is His temple.
The first thing we do in the morning is the
first thing the high priest used to do every morning. He laid the burnt offering on the altar. The burnt offering is a picture of total
dedication to God. If you want to have a
good day, start by giving yourself to the Lord as a burnt offering, a living
sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God (Rom. 12:1). A good day begins in the morning, and it
begins at the altar.
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| Warren W. Wiersbe with his wife Betty |
Source:
Confident Living Magazine, Secunderabad
Back to the Bible Intl. Lincoln, Nebraska.
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