Giving God part of your day first is a wise thing to do
I would say that even if you can't do it for a long time in the morning, just give him something something
To get your day
Started right. All over the Bible there are people who
rose up early in the morning
and sought God. You know it's not gonna hurt you to get up a half an hour early just to seek God
Moses rose up early, Abraham rose up early, Joseph, David, Jacob Jesus, Mary. A matter of fact
I like this it said Mary rose up early and she went to the tomb
I don't want to strap laws on anybody
But I do think that if you can seek God before you do anything else in the day
It's much better for you because it's just good to get full of God before you have to get full of something else
How important it is for you to give God the first portion of your time and seek Him yourself on a
regular basis, I believe that it is the answer to every problem you have
You cannot stay strong in the Lord if you don't spend time with him
So many people say well, I just don't feel like I've got a real close relationship with God
Well, are you seeking Him? The Bible says if you seek Him diligently that means regularly
The word seek just means to crave pursue and go after with all your might
What happens to us when we spend time with God well number one your joy increases
You get up in the morning you feel depressed you go spend a little time with God it'll fly away
Psalm 16:11 says in his presence is fullness of joy
You get around God you start getting happy
So when I spend time with God in the morning, I just feel like it kind of calms me down for the day
Just kind of sets everything in order and gets me ready
To go out and be what God wants me to be
You happy one day depressed the next spend time with God you'll get stable
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall
Remain stable and fixed under the shadow of the Almighty whose power no foe can come against no
devil in hell can defeat you when you regularly go to the secret place
You think Jesus wouldn't walk out of a business meeting to go seek God, oh yes he would have
He knew there was a time when you got to walk away and you gotta get with God because if you don't you're gonna go
over the edge
And I believe Jesus anytime he felt like he had all he could take I think he just got away from it and he went and
got refreshed
Put God first place in your life
Don't act like he's some celestial Santa Claus that you run to every time you need something in the rest of the time ignore him
Take time
Give God time
Nothing given to God is ever lost when you give God time you don't lose it
You sew it as a seed and he'll give it back to you
The first fruit of everything belongs to God
If we give God the first
portion the rest is blessed
One of the reasons why people are stressed out and they never have enough time
Is because they're not giving God the time that he deserves
Well today it seems like nobody's got enough time but the truth is is everybody's got the same amount
Well, you say, you know, it sounds good and and I want to do it, but I just don't know what to do
You know, sometimes you just need to take that time you have and just remember where you came from
Sometimes you need to remember you're not where you need to be. But thank God I'm not where I used to be
Thank God, I'm not where I used to be
Hallelujah, and you know what?
If you don't feel good just start taking a few minutes every mine and say Lord
I'm just gonna wait on you and I just believe your healing power is working in my body right now
And then just say things like the healing power of God is working in me right now
Thank you Lord for your healing power working in me right now
Spend time with God
If you'll give him time
So many things will change in your life
You won't be the one in the prayer line all the time. You'll be the one praying for other people
You won't be the one needing a miracle. You'll be somebody's miracle
You won't be the one that's always having to get counseling. You'll be the one counseling other people
Come on, we all start out the same place, but we don't have to end up where we started out. Let's make progress
Let's begin to seek God on a regular basis and let God be God in our lives. Amen