Isaiah 50:4 states, “He wakens Me morning by morning”. Have you ever been woken up by God? On occasion God has woken me to pray when He has had a burden for me to pray for, but quite often He wakes me up in the morning with a worship chorus or song on my mind.
There’s a song our Choir sings that I love, “Wonderful Is Your Name”. Part of it goes like this:
You woke me us this mornin’,
Started me on my way,
Put food on my table,
You put joy in my day,
I’m glad Your love has never changed,
And wonderful, yes wonderful, so wonderful,
Wonderful is Your Name
All of my life I’ve never known You to fail,
You remain the same and,
Wonderful is Your Name
All of my life I’ve never known You to fail,
You remain the same and,
Wonderful is Your Name
God stated that He is “the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last (the Before all and the End of all)” (Rev. 22:13 AMP). I started thinking about this a few months back and I purposed to spend the first part of each day in quiet quality time with Him. I also purposed to spend some more quiet quality time with Him just before I went to bed at night. God has blessed me for this obedience. Throughout the day I recognize His voice telling me to do something or to avoid something. He shows me His will and how to “speak a word in season to him who is weary”. I have found great spiritual strength by starting and ending each day in fellowship with my Heavenly Father!
Jesus is our best example of how to spend time with our Heavenly Father. Jesus made it a regular habit to go off by himself and spend time with God the Father in prayer (Mt. 14:23; Mark 1:35; Mark 6:46; Luke 5:16; John 17). How did this affect His walk while He was here on the earth?
“[The Servant of God says] The Lord God has given Me the tongue of a disciple and of one who is taught, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him who is weary. He wakens Me morning by morning, He wakens My ear to hear as a disciple [as one who is taught]. The Lord God has opened My ear, and I have not been rebellious or turned backward.” (Isaiah 50:4-5 AMP)
A large group of scholars believes that the "Servant of God" mentioned in this scripture is the Messiah, the One Who will establish God's kingdom on earth. God gave Him the ability to hear His will for each moment in the day and the ability to speak the right word to each who was weary. One might argue that God did not have to give Jesus that ability because Jesus was God Himself, but we must remember that Jesus gave up all “the fullness of the attributes which make God God…and privileges and rightful dignity” to be an example to us on how to live (Phil. 2:5-8 AMP).
He is our example. He spent regular quality time with God the Father. Look what marvelous things He did. He also promised us that we would do even greater things than He did (John 14:12). Can you imagine what would happen if every believer spent regular quality time with God like Jesus did?
“I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, if anyone steadfastly believes in Me, he will himself be able to do the things that I do; and he will do even greater things than these, because I go to the Father.” (John 14:12 AMP)
