For His anger is
but for a moment, His favor is for life;
Weeping may
endure for a night, But joy comes in the morning. Psalm 30:5
To be honest when I was getting ready to write this blog
the title of it was completely different. It was different because I was
focusing on the wrong part of the scripture. I wasn’t focusing on what God
wanted me to focus on. The title was “Joy Comes in the Morning,” but that’s not
what the Lord would have me to contemplate upon today. Normally when we read “Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the
morning” we tend to concentrate on the morning part. But there is something to be said about
the “night” seasons of our lives. First off, what is the “night” season? Many
times in the bible the word night
would refer to a time of pain, suffering, sorrow, despair and/or disappointment
in one’s life. This is the season when nothing that God is doing seems to make
any sense. In fact, it may seem as if He is doing nothing at all in your life.
The “night” seasons are those seasons where God doesn’t appear to be present or
moving on your behalf. It may seem as if God has completely forgotten about
you. It can be painful and hard to smile in the “night” season. But as I began
to study this scripture, the Lord began to highlight some important elements
about the “night” season.
Many times we are too focused on the night being over.
We pray for the morning, fast for the morning, weep for the morning to come,
but never take the time to fully understand the purpose of the night.
God speaks to us in the night season. In 1 Samuel 3:1, the bible declares that,
“…the word of the Lord was rare in those days; there was no widespread revelation.”
God was rarely speaking to His people and there was no divine revelation at all
in that time. But something miraculous happened as young Samuel lies in bed.
The Lord begins to speak to him giving him divine revelation and the word of
the Lord. Notice the Lord did not speak to him in the morning or in the day,
but at night. It was in the night that Samuel began to hear the Word of the
Lord. It was also in the night that the Lord began to establish Samuel as the
Prophet of God. Two things happened that night: Samuel began to hear the voice
of God and his calling was revealed to him. It is in your night season, your
darkest moments that God will speak if you will listen. It’s in your night
season that the Lord will reveal the calling on your life and unlock your
spiritual gifts.
In
the night seasons of our lives we should be studying the Word, listening to the
Word, fasting, praying, and listening for the voice of God. Some of us have
given up and are not doing these things anymore. Many of us are too busy
waiting for the morning to come and we are missing what God is saying in the
night. My friend, there is more to gain in the valley than on the mountain top.
We know that joy comes in the morning; it’s a promise
which means it’s for certain. So why do we sleep our nights away? Why are we
sleeping? Spiritually I mean. Many of us are spiritually asleep in our night
season. Consequently, we’re not receiving all that God has for us in the spirit
realm. I say “we” and “us” because I’m first partaker of this Word.
There is much that God has to say to us if we will seek
Him despite of how we feel. There are spiritual gifts waiting to be unlocked if
we would press in His presence a little further. Don’t waste this time in the
valley. Get all that God wants to give you. Morning will come, but don’t dare
go into your next season empty-handed. Awake, you who sleep, Arise from the dead, And Christ will give you
light. (Eph. 5:14). So then let us not sleep, as others do, but
let us keep awake and be sober (1 Thess. 5:6). Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have
not found your works complete in the sight of my God (Rev. 3:2). Behold, I am coming like a thief! Blessed is
the one who stays awake, keeping his garments on, that he may not go about
naked and be seen exposed! (Rev. 16:15). Don’t sleep your
night away.
“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”
Rev. 3:22
Be Blessed.
A.M.