On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. 2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 3 but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. 4 While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. 5 In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? 6 He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: 7 ‘The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.’ ” 8 Then they remembered his words. (NIV)

Selwyn Hughes said, ‘If you want to meet God all the time, you must meet Him some of the time; and if you want to meet Him everywhere, you must meet Him somewhere.’

For many years, the early morning has been an important time for me to meet with Jesus. I’m not unfailingly consistent with this discipline. Nor do I want to be prescriptive. I’m not saying this practice is for everyone. We are not all ‘larks’; not all ‘morning people’. The important thing is to pray, and we can do this anywhere and any time. I just find generally that morning is my best time.

Furthermore I can add that many a morning I have come with my confusions and fears, my heartbreaks and conundrums, and I have found that the early morning mists clear in the presence of the risen Lord, and as I am caused to ”remember” Him, and what He has said in His Word. In those moments, perspective can be regained. There is a re-balancing of the wheels of life; a re-tuning of the signal to get past the ‘static’ and on to the divine wavelength.

I heard someone say recently that effective praying is fundamentally about ‘showing up’ consistently, in the place of prayer. It’s not a matter of whether or not you think you’re ‘good at it’. It’s just coming, and being with the Lord.

PRAYER: Lord, please will you clear the mists that hover over my soul. May your Sunlight break through my doubts and fears. Remind me of all that you are and all that you say in your Word. Please meet with me in the garden of my cloudy uncertainty and renew me in faith, hope and love.