“The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and his ears are attentive to their cry; but the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to blot out their name from the earth. The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles. The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.” Psalm 34:15-18
Today is the first Monday in June. Today, Trinity HOPE donors set aside a time of prayer for the children living in Haiti who are blessed by Trinity HOPE feeding programs. Today, life in Haiti is still a chaotic challenge for many; especially living in PAP. Today, many are asking “God…where are you?” How many times a day here in North America, do you look up into the sky and ask “God, where are you, why won’t you listen to me or how come the neighbors that went to the lake yesterday instead of Church seem to be living without the troubles that I have?” He hears us, and has a divine plan for our lives; something that we had not either thought about or didn’t want to go down that road.
Today, I’m going to share the words from the hymn “Awake my Soul, and with the Sun” which was written by Thomas Ken in 1674 and hope that will provide us with words of instruction for us to continue to rely upon His wisdom and plans and not our own.
“Awake, my soul, and with the sun, thy daily stage of duty run; shake off dull sloth, and joyful rise to pay thy morning sacrifice. Redeem thy mis-spent time that's past, and live this day as if thy last; improve thy talent with due care; for the great day thyself prepare. Let all thy converse be sincere, thy conscience as the noon-day clear; think how all-seeing God thy ways and all thy secret thoughts surveys. Wake, and lift up thyself, my heart, and with the angels bear thy part, who all night long unwearied sing, high praise to the eternal King. Glory to thee, who safe hast kept and hast refreshed me whilst I slept; grant, Lord, when I from death shall wake, I may of endless light partake. Lord, I my vows to thee renew; disperse my sins as morning dew; guard my first springs of thought and will, and with thyself my spirit fill.”
We need to turn all of our life over to Him. It sure is easy to say that, as it is not very easy to do just that in this world. Our lives and the life of the child living in Haiti need to seek His wisdom, direction and follow with the faith of a child as we answer His call to go out into this world, prepared to reach that one lost soul that is waiting for a word or action that will bring them to accept Jesus Christ.
Heavenly Father, you have called your servants to ventures of which we cannot see the ending, by paths as yet untrodden, through perils unknown. Give us faith to go out with good courage, not knowing where we go but only that your hand is leading us and your love supporting us through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. Amen.
May God be with you,
Jay