Describe how you start each morning.
Not aloud, just in your thoughts. This is just for you.
Then imagine those words floating in the air above your head.
Would they serve as a warning … keep away! I’m dangerous until I’m fully awake!
Or would they be an invitation, a cheery blurb decorated with flowers and rainbows?
When we come to Christ, we begin a new life in him.
When we commit to following his path, we are formed anew.
Psalm 40:3 (NIV) confirms this:
“He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear the Lord and put their trust in him.”
I understand that not everyone is a morning person, and not everyone wakes up singing with the birds in joyous adoration of the rising sun. For some of us, that’s a waking nightmare that makes us want to crawl back into bed and pull the covers over our head.
Yet, read the rest of the verse, the part that tells why God expects this of us.
“Many will see and fear the Lord and put their trust in him.”
See, here’s what you need to embrace from this: When we proclaim our Christianity, or our association with Jesus, we become Christ to those around us. We don’t become Jesus, but the Jesus that people see is visible in our actions, lifestyle, and morning routine.
If our morning routine (or at any time of the day) is a dark cloud that warns others away, how will they want to put their trust in God?
If you struggle with this, ouch! However, this is from God. Maybe your new song is a polite, “Good morning,” or a whispered, “This is the day the Lord hath made.” Be kind. Smile. Let the words floating above you say that Christ lives in you, and he is the strength that sustains you.
Then others will see that Christ lives in you, and they will want to put their trust in him.
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