Morning by Morning, January 7 - "Early in the Morning to Listen to Him"
Good morning, Lord Jesus. Put Your thoughts in my mind and Your desires in my heart to guide my steps in Your will throughout the moments of my day -- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit of God. ...
"Every day He was teaching in the temple, and at night He would go out and spend the night on the Mount of Olives, as it was called. And all the people would get up early in the morning to listen to Him in the temple" (Luke 21:37-38).
Your temple is now my heart. The Holy of Holies is now the place where my human spirit communes with Your Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 6:19; 2 Corinthians 13:13). And every day You want to teach me in the temple of my heart and lead me by Your Spirit from the holiness and intimacy of my communion with You. "For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God" (Romans 8:14).
So I "get up early in the morning to listen to (You) in the temple." I'm a son of God and a sheep of Your pasture, seeking to hear Your voice and sense Your leading. As Your Word says, Your "sheep hear (Your) voice" and Your "sheep follow (You) because they know (Your) voice" (John 10:3-5).
Taking time with You alone -- here beyond the veil of everything else in my world, here in the Holy of Holies of Your Presence in contemplative prayer, here in the communion of my spirit abiding with Your Spirit -- I come to know You even as I am known. As You said in Your Word, "I know My own and My own know Me, just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father.... and they will listen to My voice" (John 10:14-16).
Just like You cleansed the temple in Jerusalem, keep cleansing the temple of my heart (John 2:13-17). Get everything out that keeps me from knowing You more deeply, sensing Your Presence more intimately, and hearing Your voice more clearly. Let this temple be "a house of prayer," holy and cleansed, forgiven and free, looking and listening to follow Your leading from intimate communion with You (Luke 19:45-46). A deeper spiritual life with You is certainly worth getting up a little early in the morning -- morning by morning -- to listen to You in the temple of my heart. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays
My Friend, I pray you're drawn beyond the veil into the Holy of Holies of the temple of your heart with Jesus each day to hear His voice and sense His leading throughout the moments of your day, in Jesus' name! Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!
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Tommy Hays | Messiah Ministries
Healing from the Inside Out
Pastoral Director | Rapha God Ministries
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San Antonio, Texas 78257
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