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Morning by Morning Daily Prayer Journey with Tommy Hays of Messiah Ministries
“Seek My Face,” says the Lord - Morning by Morning, March 10, 2025
“When You said, ‘Seek My face,’
My heart said to You, ‘Your face, Lord, I will seek’” (Psalm 27:8).
Written and sent out from the morning prayer time of Tommy Hays each day.
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Morning by Morning, March 10, 2025 - “Seek My Face,” says the Lord
Good morning, Lord Jesus. Before any of the issues and challenges I’ll face today, I seek Your face first. ...
“When You said, ‘Seek My face,’
My heart said to You, ‘Your face, Lord, I will seek’” (Psalm 27:8).
Your Holy Spirit speaking to my human spirit, Your Heart reaching out to my heart, the depths of Your love for me, Your care for me, Your desire for me to turn to You, to open up to You, to trust in You, to entrust my day and all my life to You calls out to the depths of my innermost being to seek Your face.
And I have a choice. ...
I can say I’m turning away, I’m pulling back, I’m too shy, I’m too unworthy, I’m too ashamed, I’m not there yet, I’m not ready for that level of intimacy or surrender or risk of being disappointed. Or say nothing at all, as if my silence or resistance will somehow just go unnoticed. “Unnoticed” by the God who knows it all, sees it all, knows the end from the beginning and the beginning from the end and everything in-between. “Unnoticed” by the God whose Word reminds me that You are there with me no matter where I go, either with my heart or mind or feet:
“Where can I go from Your Spirit?
Or where can I flee from Your presence?
If I ascend into heaven, You are there;
If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there.
If I take the wings of the morning,
And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
Even there Your hand shall lead me,
And Your right hand shall hold me.
If I say, ‘Surely the darkness shall fall on me,’
Even the night shall be light about me;
Indeed, the darkness shall not hide from You,
But the night shines as the day;
The darkness and the light are both alike to You”
(Psalm 139:7-12).
Or I can simply choose to answer Your invitation with my simple response in humility and faith, as best as I can and all by Your grace, saying, “Your face, Lord, will I seek” (Psalm 27:8).
To seek is a pursuit. To seek is a journey. It doesn’t mean I’ll see it. But it does mean this is the condition of my heart, the alignment of my spirit, the priority of my pursuits on my spiritual journey of ever-increasing trust, surrender, and intimacy with You.
Lord, give me courage and grace to keep seeking Your face—day by day, moment by moment, morning by morning, from deep to deep (Psalm 42:7), heart to heart (John 15:4), faith to faith (Romans 1:17), and glory to glory (2 Corinthians 3:18). In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.