Ps 5:3 THE BEAUTY OF MORNING PRAYER

THE BEAUTY OF MORNING PRAYER

“My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.”

Ps 5:3

This Psalm verse is a tremendous encouragement for you and me to begin our day with prayer. When we visited grandpa on the farm over 50 years ago, we joined in his daily devotion just before breakfast every morning. Dr. Luther considered it important enough for us to start the day with prayer that he wrote us a special Morning Prayer.

The temptations and problems of daily life are so great that it is almost unthinkable that we would want to take on the new day without committing ourselves body and soul to the gracious care and direction of our Lord. I am afraid, however, that beginning each day with prayer is more of an ideal than anything else. The simple problem of getting out of bed joined with the mad scramble to get dressed and eat and go about our work leaves little time for prayer. It is not that we feel prayer is unimportant; it is just that we feel we do not have time!

What greater encouragement, then, can we find than the words of the Psalmist: “my voice shalt Thou hear in the morning, O Lord.” The Lord is listening. He is ready to hear. He is waiting to be asked. He is on hand to guide our lives in the very best way. “Just ask,” He says, “Ask Me directly. For My Son’s sake I have made you My children and I will do anything for you!”

Think of it! With a Lord like this, we can face each new day with an uplifted spirit. We can look up because we can trust Him to solve our problems. Isn’t that why we have problems? The Lord does not permit us troublesome situations so that we go around with a sad and downcast face. He permits the trials in our lives so that our faith has an opportunity to grow. Trials will never cease for the simple reason that perfect trust is never possible, but we can look up. By His Holy Spirit our Lord gives us the strength to smile through the tears and cheerfully look forward to the final deliverance from this vale of tears.