Coffee With The Lord

It’s been awhile since I posted this… One of my favorite poems!  (My recommendation?  Read it and reflect on the truth it expresses!)

I Met God in the Morning

“I met God in the morning,
When my day was at its best
And His presence came like sunrise,
Like a glory in my breast.

“All day long the Presence lingered;
All day long He stayed with me;
And we sailed in perfect calmness
O’er a very troubled sea.

“Other ships were blown and battered,
Other ships were sore distressed,
But the winds that seemed to drive them
Brought to us a peace and rest.

“Then I thought of other mornings,
With a keen remorse of mind.
When I too had loosed the moorings
With the Presence left behind.

“So, I think I know the secret,
Learned from many a troubled way;
You must seek Him in the morning
If you want Him through the day.”

Ralph Spaulding Cushman

Why not make quality time for the Lord in the morning… I call mine, “coffee with the Lord”

In the class I teach at Trinity Church in Cedar Hill, Texas we’ve been studying what the great “heroes of faith” accomplished “By faith!” The Bible teaches faith is essential – even critical in our lives! It says, “Without faith it is impossible to please God, for whoever would draw near to Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who seek Him!” (Hebrews 11:6) Faith is how we “get right with God” – you can’t earn salvation by your works! (Check out Ephesians 2:8-9) But during my time of “coffee with the Lord” I also read these words in James… “What good is it if a person says he has faith but does not have works? … So also faith by itself, if it does not produce works, is dead! … You see, faith is active along with works, and faith is completed by works! … For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead.” (From James 2:14-26)