One of the best articles I have ever read is “The Tyranny of the Urgent” by Charles Hummel. In it he writes that many people often wish for a 30-hour day, so they could get more done. But Hummel says if we had it, we would soon be filling it up with more of the things with which we are already squandering our present 24-hour day! His solution? Do what Jesus did, and get up and spend time with the Heavenly Father to begin the day. Get HIS direction and priorities for the day, and then follow that. But the whole plan hinges on getting up and spending time with God first thing in the morning.
This morning we talked about how important it is, in “the times that try our souls”, to keep our eyes fixed on the Lord. One of the most important habits we can establish which can help us do that is to begin every day by walking with God in His word & prayer. I want us to turn tonight to a passage of scripture in which David models for us a commitment to walk with God in the morning, Psalm 5:
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