6:01 a.m.

For my determined purpose is that I may know Him (that I may progressively become more deeply and intimately acquainted with Him, perceiving and recognizing and understanding the wonders of His Person more strongly and more clearly). Philippians 3:10 (AMP)

I had been wanting to get up earlier in the morning to enjoy a quiet uninterrupted time of prayer and reading God's Word. Several mornings in a row I overslept and pulled myself out of bed at the regular hour. Disappointed with my lack of discipline, I prayed one night that when my alarm went off the next morning the Lord would enable me to get up. When the alarm went off at 6:01, I turned it off and laid back down beginning to doze. At that exact time, I heard a very loud vehicle driving up the road past my house. All of a sudden a man's voice bellowed from the vehicle, "GET UP!" I jumped from my bed, wide awake. I have to admit I was slightly freaked out until I processed what had just happened. I shook my head and laughed. God heard my prayer and wanted to spend time with me too.

God wants to reveal Himself to us so we can know Him more intimately. He does it through His Word, through creation and through very tender and personal situations where you know without a shadow of a doubt that He is speaking. Just like we spend time with friends and family and become familiar with their likes and dislikes, know their voice and what sounds like them and what doesn't, God wants us to spend time with Him. His desire is for us to know His heart, character and nature. When we know His heart we can trust Him, even when we don't understand what He may be doing in our lives.

Lord, thank You for wanting to show me Your heart. Give me a determined purpose to know You more. Give me a hunger for Your Presence and Your Word and reveal Yourself to me. As I go about my days, may I recognize You in them and grow to trust You completely. Amen.

Jocelyn Hamsher