Early Hearts

What do you think about leftovers?  Leftovers at Nanny’s house were great; at my house, not so.  Come to think of it, most food was better at Nanny’s than at my house.

 

God doesn't deal in leftovers. We read in Lamentations 3:21-23: "This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. The Lord’s lovingkindnesses indeed never cease for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.” New every morning! Consider it: each morning while we sleep, God is present with New Mercy prepared to surround us. Yet!  Often with little [or no] thought of His fresh mercies, we dress, eat, hurriedly do our morning things ... then, we do our afternoon things ... then, we do our evening things. Tired and exhausted, we dutifully give God what we can muster before we crash into our beds at night ... our leftovers. Psalm 63:1 says, "O God, thou art my God; early will I seek Thee;" at the dawn of day, at first light, as soon as day breaks. Mark records Jesus' quiet time, "Now in the morning, having risen a long while before daylight, He went out and departed to a solitary place; and there He prayed." (1:35).  I like Adam Clarke's words, "What first lays hold of the heart in the morning is likely to occupy the place all the day." God deserves our

freshness, our "early hearts," certainly more than what is left at day's end. Early today, embrace Him and know His fresh and tender mercies!