GET UP !!
*SONG: Know You - Koryn Hawthorne
#WillingVessels
So I’ve been struggling with the concept of going to pray when the lord wakes me up early in the morning ! Sometimes He wakes me up at like 12am. 2am 3 am etc. Typically I have to be at work at 5am, so my first alarm goes off at 3 , then 3:30 etc etc. Sometimes I get up but most of the time I tell God " thank you for waking me up this morning " then go back to sleep and hit snooze on all my alarms til about 4 am. This week I didn’t have to wake up early, And God was still waking me up., 2:30 like clock work. Or , 3:30 , 5:30 etc. At first I did what I always do and told God thanks for waking me up then made myself go back to sleep, then when I finally wake up I feel SO BADLY that I didn’t seek him early in the morning as instructed in the word; which leads to me repenting and constantly ask him to help me with that struggle. So this week , the first three days or so I did it, and of course felt bad; But one day after I finally got around to going in my prayer closet. I was studying on scriptures about Waiting. And the Lord lead me to This scripture! And I was like " WOAH WOAH WOAH WOAH WOAH WOAH ! Woah ! "
The scripture is: Psalm 27:7-8 and it reads :
Hear me as I pray, O Lord,
Be merciful and answer me!
My heart has heard you say, "Come and talk with me."
And my heart responds, (watch this)"Lord , I am coming."
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I stopped dead in my tracks and prayed... But before I share this prayer, I wanted to encourage you! Sometimes we really be trying, the Spirit is Willing but the Flesh is WEAK! The Lord and everybody else knows that SLEEP is sweet to me! I be wanting to spend time with God, I feel good after for sure when I do, and after! Its just... the initial decision of Getting up or going back to sleep that's a struggle for me! However, I tell you that I read this scripture, I prayed this prayer, and God has been using this scripture to help me to remember that prayer, and to just GET UP!!! He wakes me up and I consider going to sleep but " My heart has heard you say Come talk to me, and my heart Responds Lord, I am coming" Rings so Loud and so deep in my heart! Its my Reminder, My Motivation to GET UP and #REFLECTCHRIST! no matter the hour... Let's Pray!
Father, God I thank you for being my GOD AND MY FATHER! I thank you for your true and LIVING word! Lord thank you for allowing me to read this scripture! I had no idea it was in the bible! But I'm so glad that you hear me, and you know what I need! It's not my own strength or power but by your spirit that I am reminded, motivated, and strengthened to GET UP every morning! Lord when it seems a little hard,and my sleep feels a little sweeter, Lord make my ears sensitive to your voice. Let this scripture ring in my soul Help me to respond when you call me to come talk to you with the words and action " Lord, I am coming". Help me to come even when I may feel tired,help me regardless of the hour ! I love you so much! I wanna know you! I wanna show you that nothing and no one else matters more than you!
In Jesus' name amen!