Proclamation:
“At midnight I rise to give You thanks for
Your righteous laws. I am a friend to
all who fear You, to all who follow Your precepts.” Psalm 119:62-63 (NIV)
Explanation:
The words of this psalm were written under
the influence of The Holy Spirit of God by King David. This is the eighth part, Heth, of this
twenty-two part psalm. Here David is continuing
his conversation with The Lord God and telling Him that he has committed to
obeying His words. (Psalm 119:57-60)
Here he states that not only will he offer a prayer of thanksgiving
before going to bed but he will wake up at midnight and pray again. When men of God are undergoing difficulties,
they rise us and pray at midnight as Paul and Silas did. (Acts 16:25)
Application:
It is up to each one of us to dedicate our
lives to The Lord God. We each must
decide for ourselves to follow His Holy Word and to obey His laws. Offering prayer and praise to The Lord God is
appropriate at any time and at all times.
However, sometimes a sacrificial prayer at a personally difficult time
is in order. Giving up an hour of sleep
in order to pray and thank God may be more beneficial to us than the sleep
would have been. We give up our sleep
for worldly and sinful pleasures, why can’t we lose a little sleep for The
Lord. And when we are awake during the
day, let us spend a little more time hanging out with and encouraging other believers.
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