Early Gift

Proverbs 8:17 I love those who love me, And those who seek me diligently will find me.

What is the one things you are looking forward to over the next couple of days of vacation? OK, honestly, before the Christmas present you hope to be getting? Is it that the alarm clock will be turned off? That you won’t have to get up to go to work for the next couple of days? It does seem no matter what age we are, we come to have a tough relationship with that necessity. It does start really early in life in the form of likely our parents waking us up for school, then continues to the likelihood of first shift work at some point in our lives. Therefore those couple of days a week, and then those holidays throughout the year bring a simple joy of sleeping in. I can promise you there is a God-sized way to change your attitude about every morning: First thing every day spend time with Him in prayer and his Word. No longer will it be anything less than exciting and expectant to hear from your Creator each day. You will arise each day like it was Christmas morn.

Next to Salvation found through Jesus Christ alone, if there is one thing I can share with you, is to spend daily time with God in his Word. My testimony is one of the power of that. I still remember not so long ago starting that daily habit with like maybe five minutes; “Whew, got that tasks done. Now on to the rest of them.” You cannot spend daily time with God and remain the same person. True change begins with Christ, and life changes when spend each day with God. When Jesus was teaching us how to pray, he told us to seek from God what we need for each day. Matthew 6:11 Give us this day our daily bread. That daily bread is found through prayer and his Word. Everything you need is found in the daily time consecrated to God.

John 6:33 For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” 34 Then they said to Him, “Lord, give us this bread always.” 35 And Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst. Christ had performed the miracle of feeding the 5000, and the followers were drawn to him by the miracles. They had followed him to the other side of the sea. Christ had claimed to be their Messiah, and yet they still wanted another sign. This bread of life, Jesus Christ, is revealed to the true heart that searches Him out; a true heart that seeks him every day will find him. Jeremiah 29:13 And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. Arise early during these holidays and spend quality time with God. It could be the be the best present you get this year.