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MORNING BY MORNING

“From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the LORD’S name is to be praised.” (Psalm 113:3).   As I sat down in my little upper room this week to study and to pray, the sun was rising and filling the eastern sky with the most glorious colors and patterns.  I had to rejoice just then and give thanks to the Creator for the promise of a new day and for all He might have in store for me that day.  It reminded me of the verse above, but also of David’s Psalm 19 which begins, “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth His handywork.”     Each and every day we can find new reasons to praise and reverence our God.  His grace toward us is unlimited, and His mercy is everlasting.  Just as all green things respond to the dawning of each new day by drinking in the light and warmth of the sun, we, too, should look with anticipation on every new morning, drinking in His light, His love, and His truth.  Each day we ...
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WHY SEEK THE LIVING AMONG THE DEAD?

“Now on the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they [some of the women who had come with Jesus from Galilee] , and certain other women with them, came to the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared.  But they found the stone rolled away from the tomb.  Then they went in and did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.  And it happened, as they were greatly perplexed about this, that behold, two men stood by them in shining garments.  Then, as they were afraid and bowed their faces to the earth, they said to them, " Why do you seek the living among the dead?  He is not here, but is risen! ” (Luke 24:1-6a NKJV).                                                        ...
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A DOUBLE PORTION: FOLLOWING THE LORD WHERE HE LEADS

“And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.” (2 Kings 2:1).   Elijah had come to the end of his earthly ministry.   God desired that His servant and faithful prophet should not die a natural death, but be miraculously translated from this life to the next like Enoch had been centuries before.   Before his departure, Elijah asked the younger prophet, Elisha, what he could do for him before he was to be taken away.   There was no hesitation in Elisha’s answer.   He said that what he wanted more than anything was to have a double portion of Elijah’s spirit rest upon him.     It was indeed a hard thing that Elisha was asking, but it was the one request that was most pleasing to His heavenly Father.   Instead of asking for wealth or prominence, Elisha wanted only that which would enable him to fulfill God’s will and to serve God’s people more effectively.   ...
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