Those that Seek Me Early
My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD...
, by Rebekah Robinson
B—e—e—p B—e—e—p B—e—e—p screeched the alarm clock. Oh, how loud it was, and what a rude awakening to such a sweet sleep! I quickly shut the annoying alarm clock off and then settled down a little more comfortably under the covers while I seriously thought about going back to sleep. The night seemed far too short, and the bed was awfully cozy. After all, it was still dark outside, but in the quiet stillness of the morning the last part of Proverbs 8:17 flashed into my mind, proclaiming: “Those that seek me early shall find me.” Then in my heart, I cried out: “Father, I want to find thee this morning.”
There is something about those quiet morning hours before the hustle and bustle of the day that is so special, when it is just my God and me. It is there upon my knees and in spending time in His word that I find strength for the day, strength to meet the trials and whatever else the day may hold. Just as God says:
“For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength:” - Isaiah 30:15
We all need some time alone with God each day. It is not enough to just have family worship, group prayers, or go to church. You cannot have an intimate relationship with God by those things alone. All these things help in our Christian walk, but it is not the same as a one-on-one relationship. You cannot pour out your heart to Him and share with Him your struggles, your sorrows, and your joys when you are not alone with God. You cannot find the strength you need for each trial if you do not spend some quiet moments alone with Him.
I know that many of us have very busy schedules, but that is all the more reason to seek God everyday on a personal level. We need to take the time, even if we have to reschedule our lives and leave something undone or get up earlier. It can be really difficult to do, if we don’t have our priorities straight, but if it is important to us, personal devotions will become a part of daily life. I find that when I neglect this time with God, the day is so hard to get through! When I do spend time with God, it’s a lot easier to be cheerful and sweet and to face the trials that come. I personally like early mornings because it is quiet, still, and so much easier to hear God speaking to my heart than at any other time. King David saw the value of spending early mornings with God, even in the busy life of a king:
“My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up” - Psalms 5:3
Maybe there are circumstances in your life that prevent you from seeking God in the early morning hours, but do not let circumstances control you. Put first things first and spend time with God to build a personal relationship with Him. This is vital to the Christian life.
God longs to spend that time with you each day, and He is waiting to give you peace and strength. May God not proclaim to us “and ye would not” (Isaiah 30:15)!
Will you join me in taking time each day with God, learning to put your confidence in him more and more? Those moments will be some of the most precious you will ever have. It is there you will find peace. It is there you will learn God’s will for you and find strength to perform it.
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I'm really glad I found this. I really needed it.
I thank you for these encouraging words and direction!
I loved your message.
Mk 1 : 35 says it all .
Be blessed, thanks for sharing.
I needed that prayer this morning. It so good because
he wake me early in the morning I either do the wrong or go back to sleep.
I think I'm on the right track just waiting for Him to answer me. To u all have a very blessed day.
How early is early I wait for my family to leave then it's me and the Lord 8:30am that is my early dose it matter?
You selection of verses are a great encouragement! God bless your efforts!
Thank you so much good read and sollid advice,I so enjoy my time with God after 04h00 in the quiet times of the morning, be lesser and stay fruitful.
this morning,I got up praising God but didnot pray.I went on to try and do some breakfast for myself but half way decided to come to my place and pray.I felt I should give God His first place in my heart.And as I started to pray,I was reminded of a verse that says that those who seek Him early do find Him.Not remembering where to find it,I decided to Google.that is how I have to across this wonderful lesson.
May the Almighty God bless you for this teaching.
Am praying that God restores to me this morning devotion.I have not been consistent for a while.
thanks alot
regards
Ruth (Uganda)
This is great encouragement and a reminder that prioritizing is vital. Life is busy and it seems as if there aren't enough hours in the day. However, I desire that quality time with the Lord. I am going to press my way in seeking him diligently in the morning. Pray my strength in the Lord and I'll do the same for the Body of Christ!
Wow... I came across Proverbs 8:17-18 this morning and decided to see find out what early meant.. I also discovered that since I started feeding my personal time with God.... My life has been better that before
What a blessing. I've been studying on seeking God early and came upon this gem. Thank you, thank you, I am making a commitment to get up and seek God's voice and guidance each morning. Be Blessed!
Yes and yes true to my life too. When u wake up early and pray and meditate it is a wonderful experience of feeling presence of our Lord and the peace that follows the whole day whatever obstacles u come across.amen
Amen n Amen. God bless u n i want to be more closer to my maker
Perfect....I have always heard this to be true but now want to make the commitment to my God to seek Him early every morning. Thank you!
Wow thank you I try to get up every morning early before the sun comes up and spend time with Father God I find that if I do this my day is peaceful and I find a lot of joy and love and he gives me a lot of help throughout my day in every area of my life thank you for sharing your story and God bless you..
Wow. I'm excited. My desier has been to seek God early. However it has been a struggle. But, today is a "New Start". I'm up early to seek his face. Thank you for sharing, it has encouraged me even the more. To God be the Glory!!!
Amen and amen. Sweetly spoken and very true. God bless you dear person
very blessed by this message, I've always been one since my walk with the Lord that treasures my early hours without him I find directions, instructions for life situations comes through my fellowship times with, him I have received healings, financial needs met, and answers to difficult problems in church family solutions.
This is the thing it's 3:50 am in the morning on September 4,3017 and GOD woke me up this morning talking to me. When you wake up I'm the hours of the night if you can't sleep talk to him. The kids aren't always to much to not say something to God in private
I appreciate this but it becomes unrealistic for moms with children. It's like we're guilt tripped to wake up early to seek God then perfectly serve our family and world everyday. God treasures the times we spend with Him and sees the seasons we are in and meets us there. We just have to be intentional whether that may a short Bible chapter each day, devotions with our kids or others, or other forms of worship.
I was blessed by this gem... I need to inculcate this habit now. Thanks & stay blessed by God
Yes I will
I shared it several of my Sistafriends, because we endeavor to seek him early in the morning at the banks of the river. An AWESOME! time.
Thank you for this! This spoke directly to me! Dedicating my morning time to the Lord!
That's confirmation for me, I've been waking up at 4:30 AM since I was 5yrs old , love my concencration time with God early in the morning ðŸ™ðŸ˜‡
Bishop WRB Jr
This was very inspiring and uplifting. It motivates me to early worship. Thank you and God bless you
I was blessed by reading this article and it's confirmation as to what the Lord has been telling me for quite a while now. Thank you and God bless.
I was just reading Psalm 63 and then I went on and found this Gem. I have been uplifted and encouraged to get up early. It is so true about early morning quiet time.
Amen! Thank you for sharing.
I bless the name of the Lord for these words of exhortation.
This was divine timing. These words gave me the confirmation needed to "keep the main thing the main thing". That is my relationship with the Lord. Yes, I will join you in seeking Him early, my one-on-one time. Thank you and God bless.
I start my work at 5am,.Sometimes am too busy getting prepared for work,but have noticed,anytime i worship and seek the lord God before going to work ,my day all goes well....
Amen, I start work at 7'00 am and get up between 3 and 4 am most days, tired but deffinately empowered throughout the day by seeking our Father in the quiet stillness of those hours
Absolutely loved this! I was trying to fing the verse Proverbs 8:17 to share with a co-worker and I googled it and found this! Thanks so much for sharing your personal thoughts and scriptures!! God Bless
I got up very early today to seek the Lord because I really want to go deeper in Him. I thought to myself, I think it is scriptural to rise early to seek Him. Thank you for sharing this, I spend intimate time with God but I am now inspired to make rising early for Him a daily blessing. Thank you !
THANK YOU FOR THESE WORDS ,IT HELPS WHEN SOMETHING SO SIMPLE IS BROUGTH TO YOUR MIND.YOU TAKE THINGS FOR GRANTED UNTILL YOU HEAR WORDS WHICH SEEM TO OPEN YOUR EYES. THANK YOU!!
I truly thank God for your wonderful testimony of God conviction of his amazing word how it began to speak as you wanted to rest. I have began to rise early and pray and study the scripture and it has truly developed me in so many areas of my spiritual life. Now if I can just become obedient in physical exercise. Please pray for my spiritual and physical development in the blessing of God. Thanks , Amen
Hallelujah amen!
Am blessed by this word I needed it to push my prayer life.
Really inspiring... May God help me to always make that sacrifice daily to spend time alone with Him.Amen
Thanks for this.
uhm, reality of life, may GOD strength u more .
Thank you so much for sharing. This truly inspires me to press and deny my flesh and rise early before our King.
Blessings to you!
I have been waking up early for some time now...even before my alarm goes off. Couldn't figure it out and was so irritated because by midday I'm exhausted from getting up so early. I get it now hopefully I will be able to get through the day without being exhausted or irritated
Thanks it came at the right time
Thanks for sharing. I am still fighting to get there.
Thank you for this inspiring words. I found the answers to my questions.
Thank you for clarity on why its important to seek God in the morning. This was truly inspiring. God bless!
The message is just on time. I am blessed and I pray for that grace to be seeking his face early.
I am indeed blessed by the message. The message is just on time. I pray for the Grace to seek God face continually and early.
I enjoyed this so much! I get up thirty minutes early each day to study the word and spend time with the Father. My day is so much better! It is never easy to crawl out of a warm cozy bed,but it is so worth it. Love my time with God!
Was doing my own study on this and came across this. It summed up everything. Thank you. Perfect.
Amen... experienced the same this morning, i wanted to go back to bed but remembered thi scripture.
I love those precious moments with THE LORD in the morning. It's a Secret Place for the two of us....just us!. Oh, how I love THE LORD!
Thank you for this inspiring message!
GOD BLESS you!
Thanks to my god,all the glory belongs to god, and reminded me these verses to find him in the early morning.... so helpful such a awesome helpful sight.....
Thanks to my god,all the glory belongs to god, and reminded me these verses to find him in the early morning.... so helpful such a awesome helpful sight.....
True! Seeking God and taking with Him in the morning is all we can do to prepare for the day's battles! It's a moment to put on the Spiritual armour and hear the Word of the Commander before going to the battlefield. For each day we are in battle, and we HAVE to win! This was the secret of king David, the most victorious king in his time. We, too can be victorious in our time by using the same weapons that never get out of fashion: SEEKING GOD IN THE EARLY HOURS. Be blessed! From Eastern Cape, South Africa
True! Seeking God and taking with Him in the morning is all we can do to prepare for the day's battles! It's a moment to put on the Spiritual armour and hear the Word of the Commander before going to the battlefield. For each day we are in battle, and we HAVE to win! This was the secret of king David, the most victorious king in his time. We, too can be victorious in our time by using the same weapons that never get out of fashion: SEEKING GOD IN THE EARLY HOURS. Be blessed! From Eastern Cape, South Africa
True! Seeking God and taking with Him in the morning is all we can do to prepare for the day's battles! It's a moment to put on the Spiritual armour and hear the Word of the Commander before going to the battlefield. For each day we are in battle, and we HAVE to win! This was the secret of king David, the most victorious king in his time. We, too can be victorious in our time by using the same weapons that never get out of fashion: SEEKING GOD IN THE EARLY HOURS. Be blessed! From Eastern Cape, South Africa
True! Seeking God and taking with Him in the morning is all we can do to prepare for the day's battles! It's a moment to put on the Spiritual armour and hear the Word of the Commander before going to the battlefield. For each day we are in battle, and we HAVE to win! This was the secret of king David, the most victorious king in his time. We, too can be victorious in our time by using the same weapons that never get out of fashion: SEEKING GOD IN THE EARLY HOURS. Be blessed! From Eastern Cape, South Africa
True! Seeking God and taking with Him in the morning is all we can do to prepare for the day's battles! It's a moment to put on the Spiritual armour and hear the Word of the Commander before going to the battlefield. For each day we are in battle, and we HAVE to win! This was the secret of king David, the most victorious king in his time. We, too can be victorious in our time by using the same weapons that never get out of fashion: SEEKING GOD IN THE EARLY HOURS. Be blessed! From Eastern Cape, South Africa
True! Seeking God and taking with Him in the morning is all we can do to prepare for the day's battles! It's a moment to put on the Spiritual armour and hear the Word of the Commander before going to the battlefield. For each day we are in battle, and we HAVE to win! This was the secret of king David, the most victorious king in his time. We, too can be victorious in our time by using the same weapons that never get out of fashion: SEEKING GOD IN THE EARLY HOURS. Be blessed! From Eastern Cape, South Africa
Just what I needed Thank You
How true and blessed are your thoughts and words from God,s well of Living Waters ! Like that first cool refreshing DRINK while still not quite awake,that beautiful feeling of being TRULLY ALIVE ,for it is only thru our Blessed Savior ,that we as God,s Children , are received by GOD OUR FATHER ! Thank You
Sister, what you speak is Divine Truth. May you ever be blessed. I'll pray for you, you pray for me
Thank you! Very much what I needed to see tonight!
Thank you very much.
Good reading material.
Praise the Lord!
Early will I seek Thee oh Lord
Thanks God bless you
Thank you for such a wonderful word and reminder. It's as you said, we get so caught up with life that we neglect the important things that really matter most, those quiet times with our God. There's something to be said about the morning meeting with God, it's when you hear Him the clearest.
Again, amen and thank you for your ministry and this wonderful reminder.
This was a great article. God woke me up with this scripture on my heart. So I began to seek out scripture to read on it, an found your article. Enjoyed.
Thank you so much. I am blessed. I will start seeking my God early in the morning.
PRAISE THE LORD!
I'VE ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT THIS IS THE BEST TIME TO START EACH DAY IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD.
I HAVE THIS PERSONAL SLOGAN; "START THE DAY RIGHT, READ THE WORD OF GOD." and I find it more comfortable and meaningful when done early in the morning; like the Psalmist says, ". . . early will I seek you."
Thank you. I was searching for scripture that talk about seeking God early and your page came up. I help facilitate a women's bible study and we are reading Purpose Driven Life. The question for chapter 7 is "where in my daily routine can I become more aware of God's glory?". This helped me tremendously as I seem him early I will be able to commune with him in the quiet of the morning and be able to see and declare his glory. I know all of his creation displays it, but I need to have my own personal experience. God bless.
Super article ! Encourging!
Thanks for reaffirming what I already knew and needed to do- spending time with my Father...
Thank you for this, I have struggled lately in this area, but this post is confirmation that it is necessary in my everyday life.
LOVED this! It is a daily struggle of mine to get out of the bed in the morning but God knows I need to.
Thanks for this encouragement!
I liked this I need to seek God more than anything.
l have always been an early riser , to study or to just sing and think about things ,, trials ,,that are in my life,,
l am now finding that l need more time to just talk ,, pour out my heart to God for help ,, thank you and
God bless
Amen, it is definitely worth getting up early and spending time with God, one-on-one.
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