"Praise the Lord, all you servants of the Lord who minster by night in the house of the Lord." (Psalm 134:1, NIV)
I pray that you have been having a great Christmas Season with family and friends. We have 12 of us in our house, and, of course, enjoying the time. I'm getting this off while most are still in bed.
There are more passages which have such phrases as, "early will I seek Thee," than, "by night...." For most of my life, I have always functioned better in the latter part of the day than in the early part. I can remember in high school football camp I made the team mostly in the afternoon practices rather than the morning ones. You may recall that David Wilkerson's Teen Challenge was launched from his midnight to 02:00 prayer time. No matter about the "point" here. David's, "evening, morning, and at noon I will pray, " gives us the pattern of a life lived abiding in Jesus.
Notice, "evening, morning, and at noon I will pray," not just, "I have my quiet time early in the morning." Maybe our days would be different if the modern Church practiced, "evening, morning, and at noon I will pray."
Father, in Jesus' Name, thank You for such love of continual reminding. Amen.
************************We have room for about 8 more in the January 27 briefing. It will be at 11:00. Please let me know as soon as possible if you will attend.
When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"
Hebrews 12:2
Hebrews 12:2
