No more snooze button.

beep beep beep...that ever annoying sound that awakens us from dreams and a deep nights rest. It's the sign of a new day, a fresh start and an opportunity to be who God created us to be on this day not the day before, but THIS DAY. Put the previous days' woes, sorrows and cares behind you and awaken to new truths and excitement! It's time for me to get serious about starting my day off properly. Besides the bowl of cheerios that promises to reduce my cholesterol I am finding that I can not go through a day without my bowl of Biblios which gives me the spiritual strength I need as well as reducing my fears, frets, worries and attacks for the day. I've not been doing this morning reading/getting up routine for very long so I am not here to be better than anyone else, I am just simply stating that it makes such a difference when I purpose to get up those few minutes/or even hour earlier so that I can (first have my coffee or else I'm just not gonna be able to make any sense at all) and then I can open up the Word and find out what God is trying to teach me on this day. It infiltrates me in such a joyous way and gives me this extra boost of energy that will propel me through the activities of my day!!!
In Psalm 63:1, 6 it says, "O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee....I will remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches." Note that it says EARLY will I seek thee. This to me means God seeks to have our attention all day long but he wants us to give him the very start of it so that He can utilize what time we have to make it more efficient for us. If I wait till evening to do my devotions/prayer time I find that I am going to bed blessed but can not look back over my day and see as many blessings or joy from that day because I did not put him First. Obviously if afternoon or evening is the only time you have and you already are getting up early for work or whatever then this is better than not having any quiet time, but I assure you that when you give God your best He will in turn give you His!
This morning as I opened up to Hebrews 4 I was given the reminder that We have a great high priest who has gone through similar temptations as we have, yet he was without sin. We are to approach the throne of grace with confidence so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. In verse 12 it says that the Word of God is living and active. sharper than any double edged sword. Penetrating to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. That is pretty deep if you ask me!! And if I have the control over allowing this godly penetration to seep into my veins then I consider that a very blessed thing and want to take advantage of that daily. If I throw Him to the side then I fear I am stuck in a day on my own and I have learned from mistake after mistake that I can't live this life on my own. I refuse to anymore.
I have been writing out verses on sticky notes/cards and carrying them with me (typically one a day) so that when I am confronted with a "sticky" situation or an attack by Satan I can pull it out or go to God in prayer and ask for His healing and his power to lift me up out of that moment and set my feet on solid ground. If I do not have these truths or this knowledge of how to fix an issue then I will be stuck once again in a vicious cycle which is a place I am dreading ever being again!
Just think, if you are a car mechanic you are going to study up on how to fix cars, if you are a baker you are constantly learning new ways to make new things and create better cakes and pastries, if you are a teacher you must review your lessons so that you can be able to perform better when approached with a question or a situation by a student. In any job or task that we do we must have the knowledge to do it. So is our christian life. No God, no peace, Know God, Know Peace. Desire to put him first today and just see what kind of blessings you have and the change of attitude you are implanted with! :)
It's seriously serious!! So, next time you start to roll over and hit that buzzer remember it's just God waking you up asking you to come talk to Him so he can give you a gift that you can take with you all day long! Don't hesitate to have your coffee first though...