Our Reading today is Psalm 5:3
“In the morning, O LORD, You hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before You and wait expectantly.”
David teaches us a quiet secret: mornings are not meant to be hurried. Before the world makes its demands, he kneels. He speaks. Then he waits. Not with anxiety, but with expectation, like a child watching the horizon for a father’s return.
Morning prayer is the soul’s deep breath, the gentle reminder that God is already awake, already listening, already working. When we begin our day this way, we step into the hours ahead not alone, but accompanied by the God who hears.
One more thought: Morning with God is so important that even Jesus did this. Mark 1:35 says, “Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up and went out to a solitary place, where He prayed.”
I’m Lonnie Davis, and these are thoughts worth thinking.
Suggested thought for prayer:
Lord, teach me to greet each morning with unhurried trust, speaking to You first and waiting with a hopeful, expectant heart.