come up in the morning … and present
thyself there to me in the top of the mount.
Ex 34:2 (KJV)
The morning is the time fixed for my meeting the Lord. This very word
morning is as a cluster of rich grapes. Let me crush them, and drink the sacred
wine.
In the morning! Then God means me to be my best in strength and hope. I
have not to climb in my weakness. In the night I have buried yesterday’s
fatigue, and in the morning I take a new lease of energy.
Sweet morning! There is hope in its music. Blessed is the day whose
morning is sanctified! Successful is the day whose first victory was won in
prayer! Holy is the day whose dawn finds the on the top of the mount! Health is
established in the morning. Wealth is won in the morning. The light is
brightest in the morning. “Wake, psaltery and harp; I myself will awake early.”
–Joseph Parker
