Prayed All Night

I had a good reason for sleeping until noon; it was sunrise before I got into bed. My fiancé was working the WNDR radio night shift in Syracuse and we talked on the phone most of the night. Times sure have changed. I’m now up hours before dawn and retire when others just begin to wind down for the day.

I’m not complaining; I enjoy the stillness of early hours. It allows time for preparation of my early morning radio show and posting of daily devotions. There are few distractions. Jesus often spent time alone in early morning prayer; He even prayed all night.

“Now it came to pass in those days that He went out to the mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God (Luke 6:12 NKJV).”

Christ received guidance from the Father while alone in prayer and meditation. Bible writers frequently mentioned morning meditation and prayer as daily disciplines.

Quiet time with the LORD is always time well spent. Ezekiel may have been an early riser; the word of the LORD came to him early in the morning. (Ezekiel 12:8-9)

Ezekiel was doing the Lord’s bidding. Am I?

“Cause me to hear Your lovingkindness in the morning,
For in You do I trust;
Cause me to know the way in which I should walk,
For I lift up my soul to You (Psalm 143:8 NKJV).”

About Pam Ford Davis

Published articles in Mature Living Magazine, Devotions for the Deaf, The Secret Place, Light from the Word, Coosa Journal, Mary Hollingsworth’s The One Year Devotional of Joy and Laughter.