Homiletic Magazine Psalm 143:8 Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning; for in you do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk… I. THE MORNING COMES AFTER THE NIGHT. 1. The night of mourning. "Our light affliction," etc. This is higher and sweeter than the motto on the sundial, "I count only the sunbeams." The child of God will count, to his wealth and joy, the darkness also. The night is glorified in the morning "lovingkindness," as night-formed dew is in the morning sun. 2. The night of conflict. The morning of victory will come. 3. The night of weary waiting. There is a morning of fruition and satisfaction. 4. The night of sin. Oh the morning of fresh and wondrous purity! II. THE MORNING COMES BEFORE THE DAY. God's lovingkindness brings morning — the harbinger of a long day. Always, only morning; pointing on to a day whose "sun shall go no more down." A day of joy. "Everlasting joy shall be upon their head." A day of work. When men have a journey to make, or work to do, they start in the morning. So let us seek God's morning lovingkindness. 1. In the morning of every day. Let me hear Thy lovingkindness in the morning, that this whole day may be blessed and fruitful. 2. In the morning of life (Proverbs 8:17). 3. In the morning (at the beginning) of every new undertaking. Begin with prayer for God's lovingkindness and blessing. 4. In the morning of this year. It is still pure and sweet. Let its future hours be devoted to God. (Homiletic Magazine.) Parallel Verses KJV: Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee. |
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