‘Let me hear in the morning of Your steadfast love, for in You I trust. Make me know the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul.’ Psalm 143:8
We are reminded of our humanity, our life from the dust every day - our bodies are weak, tired, and need to sleep (Gen 3:19). Is there a more vulnerable position for any of us? And yet, the Lord gives rest to his beloved (Ps 127:2). He who never slumbers or sleeps watches over us as we do (Ps 121:4).
That vulnerability continues as we awake to a word that has continued on in our eight-hour absence.
Will we awake to loss?
Natural disaster?
War?
Whatever the morning may bring, we always awake to new mercies (Lam 3:22-23). And we are invited to be drawn by, anchored to, and rest in the steadfast love of God in a world that is anything other than steadfast.
Lord, let your steadfast love awaken us from our physical sleep as your steadfast love awakens us from our spiritual sleep. May we drink deeply from the well of your character this morning, and every morning. Amen.
Awake,
AB