Morning by Morning, October 12, 2026 — “Look and See How You Need Me”
Good morning, Lord Jesus. Let Your light shine in my heart and through my life. …
As I wait for Your leading, ready to listen and journal my prayer with You in these first moments of my morning, I hear in my heart:
“Look and see how you need Me.” …
Yes, Lord. Looking around, seeking to perceive the times, it can look bad. Trouble everywhere. Struggles everywhere. Heartbreaks and heartaches. Addictions and self-destruction. Hopelessness and fear, anxiety and stress, worry and weariness. Wars and rumors of wars.
Reading the news doesn’t stir up my faith. In preparation for elections, the mood of the nation seems to be pushing back against biblical values and righteous decisions. If “righteousness exalts a nation,” it’s also true that “sin is a reproach to any people” (Proverbs 14:34). And I’m concerned our nation, our state, the heart of our people across our land may not be exalting our nation by calling on Your name and embracing Your ways.
Yes, as I look and see, it makes me realize even more deeply than ever how much we need You, how much I need You.
As You said long ago, You still speak today: “Apart from Me you can do nothing” (John 15:5).
All that’s not built on You, grounded in Your Word and moved by Your Spirit will not last. It will not stand the test of time or the testings of these times:
“For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, each one’s work will become clear; for the Day will declare it, because it will be revealed by fire; and the fire will test each one’s work, of what sort it is. If anyone’s work which he has built on it endures, he will receive a reward. If anyone’s work is burned, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire” (1 Corinthians 3:11-15).
The days of testing, the days of fire, the days when all “will be revealed by fire” may be closer than we think.
Lord, send Your Fire in our hearts now. Burn out the wood and hay and straw now. Convict us of sin that leads to repentance that leads to mercy. Confirm Your Word by Your Spirit in our hearts that we may arise and stand firm in the faith, unwavering in the winds of our times but steadfast in our prayers and our actions, in our words and our attitudes, in our choices and our votes for righteousness. Not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because You’ve established what’s right in our hearts. That’s how “righteousness exalts a nation”—because the Righteous One lives and moves and has His Being in us (Colossians 1:27; Acts 17:28).
That’s the revelation that turns us to look and see just how desperately we need You. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.
Be encouraged this day. In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays
My friend, may you look and see how much we need the Lord, the Righteous One living in us and moving through us in our hearts and our world, in Jesus' name. God bless you, my friend! And you have a great day!
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