FAST AND EARLY – LAST AND LATE
READING: PSALM 63:1-8
Verse 6: “When I remember you on my bed, I meditate on You in the night watches.”
It would be interesting to accomplish some investigation into prevalent thought patterns. For example, what thought would occur most frequently as the first thought people have upon awakening? Along the same lines, what would be the most widely experienced thought as people end their days. I don’t know if this research has already been done, or what the answers are to those questions. However, I do know the type of thought that is best for Christians to have as we begin and end our days. That answer is given by David the Psalmist. It can be seen in verses 1 and 6 above. His early thoughts and late thoughts were of God. No doubt this is part of the reason the Lord accepted David as a man after His own heart (Acts 13:22). He began and ended his days with his Holy Heavenly Father. That is a worthy example for us all! When our early and late thoughts are of the Lord, we also will be established in the blessing of increasing closeness with Him. That’s a thought – about God’s Word.
RESPONSE
1. What would be your greatest benefit from having your early and late thoughts to be about the Lord?
2. Do you consistently have early and late thoughts toward or about the Lord? If not will you take action to change that; what action will that be?
