“I rise before dawn and cry for help; I hope in your words.”
“for your steadfast love is good; according to your abundant mercy, turn to me.”
Psalms 5:3
O LORD, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch.
Psalms 22:2
O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer, and by night, but I find no rest.
Psalms 55:17
Evening and morning and at noon I utter my complaint and moan, and he hears my voice.
Psalms 69:16
Answer me, O LORD, for your steadfast love is good; according to your abundant mercy, turn to me.
Psalms 88:13
But I, O LORD, cry to you; in the morning my prayer comes before you.
Psalms 130:6
my soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning.
Mark 1:35
And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed.
Isaiah 26:9
My soul yearns for you in the night; my spirit within me earnestly seeks you. For when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
Psalms 119:147
I rise before dawn and cry for help; I hope in your words.
Our hope and strength are in the Lord our God. Note the heart of David in many of these scriptures: “my soul yearns” “I wait” “I rise early and cry out to you” “my soul waits” “evening, morning and noon I cry out to you” “I hope in your words”. We find hope in His words (promises). Do you find yourself in a place in your life where your walk with God seems luke warm at best? You don’t seem to have many troubles and yet you don’t see blessings. From past experience I can attest to living in this state of mind. I know exactly what this is like and when I look back there were actions / choices made that allowed me to arrive at this place of christian blah. I was very complacent in my walk with Him. I was not reading His word. I was not seeking Him. I was not placing Him first in my life. I was not meditating / thinking about what His word. I was not praying. I was not being a humble servant desiring to bring honor and glory to Him. I was living, existing without much care for Him or His plans and purpose for my life. He did not leave me there. He reached out and dropped a rock on me to get my attention. He used my wife to get the word of God and His promises in front of me. He placed people around me who spoke His word into my life. He restored my soul, desire, hope, joy, purpose. When I look back at this I am so thankful and yet at the same time regretful. I regret not seeking, desiring to serve, honor, and glorify Him. I regret not staying in His word and being one of those able to speak His word of encouragement into the lives of those hurting or lukewarm. I regret all of the time I wasted in not serving Him. I am thankful for His steadfast love and mercy. I am thankful for His word of hope, joy, peace and rest. I am thankful for His leading. I am thankful for those He used to encourage me in my walk with Him. If you find yourself lukewarm get into His word. Your life will change, your hope renewed, and purpose made much more clear.