Why must we become morning people?
Psalm 1:1~6 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. (1~2)
Hymn for scheduled worship: Korean/English Hymnal #191 I’m Rejoicing Night and Day (#427 in previous version)
There are a lot of people who try and resolve to become morning people but end up giving up. However, the common characteristics of elites are that they have the nature and habits of morning people. Then what is the reason why we, who must stand at the forefront of world evangelization, must become morning people?
1. Spiritual reason
The best time to receive spiritual healing is the morning. Without becoming a morning person, meditating on the Word is very difficult. If you look at the Bible, David did early morning prayer before he became king and after he became king. Daniel prayed 3 times a day, and one of those times was in the morning. Jesus also woke up early in the morning to pray. It’s important to become a morning person because we are the most spiritually clearheaded in the morning.
2. General reason
A general reason why we must wake up early in the morning is that if we don’t, we will not have any time to read throughout the day. Exercising is important for our health, and we won’t find the time to exercise if we don’t become morning people. Our studies will not go well. We need to be morning people to have some breathing room in our lives.
3. Competition with the elites of the world
It’s beneficial to become a morning person if we are to compete with the elites of the world. Elites are, by nature, morning people. Remnants must prepare the nature, reasonable attitudes and culture of the Gospel elite.
4. Use of time
It’s important to use our time wisely in order to become Gospel elites. If we use the time we have at night to read and enjoy the Gospel through prayer, we will succeed and get ahead 30%. We will get ahead another 30% if we use our time in the morning for ourselves, a time in which everyone else is sleeping. Most importantly, we will get ahead another 40% if we use our free time wisely. We can get 100% ahead of others and we will absolutely succeed.
● Forum Topic - Why must you become a Gospel and cultural elite? If you know the reason, challenge yourself today.
Remnant Study of Evangelism Lecture 214 / 2010.1.30