OVERCOMING DISTRACTION (8): DO NOT JOKE WITH THE MORNING 

A dear mentor told me a long time ago that he loves hotel rooms where there is a little notepad or jotter by the bedside alongside a pen. When he saw I was curious, he said to me, “The last thing you should do before going to bed is to take note of what you want to do the next day.” 

I understood a little bit more. As I wondered whether that was on the mind of those who put the notepad and pen, he added these words, “Writing your goal for the next day is very important because you cannot sleep with a vision and not wake up with a mission.” 

It has become a major part of me. I have maintained a daily pattern for many years of sleeping with a vision. Truly, days I sleep without a vision always result in waking up without a sense of purpose. 

There is something in the scriptures referred to as the Wings of the Morning. Morning is the time for flight. If your morning season is stolen, the day is already altered. 

If I take the wings of the morning…

Psalms 139:9 NKJV

The morning is the womb of the day. If seeds are not planted in the womb, there will be no harvest when needed. 

“…from the womb of the morning, You have the dew of Your youth”

Psalms 110:3 NKJV

God did not joke with the morning, as we saw in the book of Genesis, right at creation. It was always a reference to evening and morning was the first, second, third, and till the final of day. It seems to me that if you sleep in the evening with a vision, you will wake up in the morning with a mission. 

From the life of Moses, we saw that those who will stand before kings must be early risers. God told Moses to rise early to speak with Pharaoh. You cannot stand before kings if you are a morning waster. 

Go to Pharaoh in the morning, when he goes out to the water, and you shall stand by the river’s bank to meet him; Exodus 7:15 NKJV

That was not the only time: 

And the Lord said to Moses, “Rise early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh as he comes out to the water. 

Exodus 8:20 NKJV

In summary, you cannot deal with kings if you are a time waster. 

In addition, you cannot be effective in the priesthood calling of a believer if you get distracted. You must know how to use the morning. The altar must be kept burning in the morning. 

And the fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it; it shall not be put out. And the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and lay the burnt offering in order on it;

Leviticus 6:12 NKJV

Jesus capped it all by showing us that we must be early risers. We must rise early to seek the Lord. 

Now in the morning, having risen a long while before daylight, He went out and departed to a solitary place, and there He prayed.

Mark 1:35 NKJV

Jesus woke up before his disciples. If you will lead well, you cannot joke with the morning seasons of life. 

Jesus woke up before any form of distractions. By the time his disciples came and told him that people were seeking him, he already knew what he wanted to do with his day. 

When they found Him, they said to Him, “Everyone is looking for You.” But He said to them, “Let us go into the next towns, that I may preach there also, because for this purpose I have come forth.”

Mark 1:37-38 NKJV

Rise early to face the day. 

Rise early and plant a seed in the womb of the morning. 

Rise early and ride on the wings of the morning. 

May your day count. May your life produce results. 

temilOluwa Ola, Eruwa.