Glory in the Morning
by Dr.Woodrow Kroll
And in the morning you shall see the glory of the LORD. Exodus 16:7
Some days make you wonder if you should have stayed in bed.
You cut yourself shaving, you spill coffee on your clothes, you have a computer
crash at work, you receive overdue notices in the mail, and your son breaks his
arm on the jungle gym at school. It's enough to make you want to crawl under
the covers and hide.
The Israelites also were experiencing difficulties. They
were hot, tired, hungry and upset. They even wondered if they should have
stayed in Egypt. This trip was more difficult than they thought it was going to
be.
In the midst of these trials, God did two things: He gave
them manna for their physical bodies, but He also promised to reveal His glory
to them "in the morning" for their spiritual well-being. God knew
that the trials of the day needed a spiritual response as well as physical
relief. And He chose to meet that spiritual need while the day was yet young.
When the day is hectic, the frustrations plentiful and the
disappointments thick, it's time to turn
to God. Yet how different the day might have gone had we turned to the Lord
before we ever got started. Whether the events of the day change or not, when
we have first spent time fellowshipping with God, we are better prepared to
face them.
Perhaps you aren't a morning person—many people aren't. Yet
getting up even 10 minutes earlier and spending those moments reading your
Bible and praying will yield greater dividends than you might imagine. When you
meet with God first in the morning, it's much easier to keep Him first all day.
How you begin your day will frequently determine how you end
it.
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