Summary: <br> Morning. The beginning of a new day. A welcoming of things which have never been before. An opportunity for that which we have never, and will never, experience again.<br> Morning. The time when God’s mercies are new. A time when God responds to our human need personally, in a heavenly way. An offering of life.<br> Morning. When God says, here, this is life, I give it to you my love, go live it.<br> All things good come under attack. So of course our mornings are prime target for battle. If we ever really recognized the offering of a new day for what it is, nothing could hold us down in bed. Nothing could wipe the smile off our face. Nothing could dampen our spirit or spoil our joy. And we all know a strong start is crucial for momentum to build. If we can’t start the day right, we often struggle to get going on much of anything.<br> No doubt there is a battle for your morning. A full on war being waged for your attitude, your energy, and your time.<br> Lamentations 3:23 tells us morning is when God’s mercies are new. Hey, that’s worth waking up for. Have you been? If his mercies are being offered in the morning, what happens if you’re not getting up to receive them? Mercy is receiving goodness which we don’t deserve. It’s the opportunity to try again even though we may have failed yesterday. It’s the chance to do it right and get it right, regardless of our track record. Understand, with every offer of new mercy in the morning, God believes in you. He believes you CAN get it right this time. He believes you CAN turn it around. You CAN make any change necessary because he’s already made a way, he’s placed the potential within you which holds every single thing needed for the change, and his mercy says ‘ahhhhh, today can be her day.’<br> Heaven is cheering for you with the beginning of each new day. Heaven knows what has been aligned for you is everything to both protect you and propel you.<br> Protect you … yes, random annoying delays like searching for your cell phone for 5 minutes and then finding it’s right where you left it, like forgetting something and having to turn around to get it, like the missed turn that took you on a detour away from your normal route. Oh it could be random, it could be annoying … or it could be divinely designed for you. We gather here and pray for protection every single day, then we complain when we receive it because we see with earthly eyes delays and detours, while God provides a shield of protection. He’s so good at protecting us, we walk through our days completely clueless to what almost happened.<br> Can we just pause and send up a praise for all that ALMOST HAPPENED just yesterday, but God’s protection prevented it so well, we were completely clueless. How shameful it would be to respond to God’s finest protection with our aggravation. His protection is so good, we don’t even see it. It’s like the home security system that shocks potential predators when they even think about breaking into your home, keeping them from ever stepping foot onto your lawn. That’s good security! But you don’t even know how good it is because you never even see the threat come near. Ahhhhh, yes, isn’t that our God. We often don’t even know the ill intent of the enemy, the harm he had orchestrated for us, heading directly our way for a head on collision, but God heroically steps in with a shield of protection and removes us from that collision course. YES HE DOES. But it looks more like a detour on the road you always travel. It looks like the occasional flat tire, or call from the school that causes you to leave work, a missed turn, or the forgotten eggs at the store, all delaying you in your very busy day. Have we been missing it … even worse, have we been complaining about it? God’s great work in the details of our lives.
