Take a moment, think about this: The rooster from the beginning of time has been doing it’s job! Was this God’s first living trumpet!? God created him to crow during the third watch. All the generations of little roosters have been doing exactly what God designed them to do. They have been waking us up for A LONG , LONG TIME. A good question for the evolutionists: how did the rooster get the instructions to crow at the break of day? Anyway, back to my point……
I once had some roosters for neighbors. Sometimes they got their wires crossed on crowing on the break of day…. 2:00 AM is not the breaking of day! Then unfortunately, after a while, the rooster’s crowing faded into the background of assorted noise in my mornings… I did not listen for him anymore…His alarm was lost in the midst of other noises and concerns in my morning. Many of us use an electric alarm clock to awaken us out of sleep at dawn now. However, that does not stop the little guy from doing his job. Possibly God’s first trumpet or “watchbird”…. announcing to all: the light is here, the light is here— I see it, I see it!
I researched the rooster or cock in the Greek of Strong’s Concordance. The cock crowing in the third watch of the night was to ward off darkness. It is also written in Isaiah 50:4&5: The Lord has given Me the tongue of the learned, that I should speak to him who is weary. He awakens Me morning by morning, He awakens My ear to hear as the learned. The Lord has opened My ear; and I was not rebellious nor did I turn away. It is also written that the Lord’s help and coming is as in the break of day.
The Holy Spirit is awakening us every morning to hear the Lord’s voice. Wow! The Holy One who knows the end from the beginning wants to have an audience with us. His invitation is written in the Word in Matthew 10:28, come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Now, I will tell you that the Holy Spirit also does not pay attention to the actual break of dawn either!….. He will awaken you at different watches of the night to see if you will sacrifice your sleep for an audience with the Holy One…. I jump up. God is God and who am I to put Him off at all. To me, that is a no brainer!
I wrote about this in my book, if any President of the United States or the Queen of England came and knocked on our door in the middle of the night, would we roll over? I know I wouldn’t. Well, One that is greater is knocking on our “time door” to have an audience. I need and desire His guidance and direction every minute. Sometimes the still of the night is best time to hear Him. There is little or no interference from distractions so we may receive His instruction, corrections and teaching. I love to hear the secrets of heaven and be told things that I do not know that are to come.
To me, God is like a puzzle, I get a piece of His greatness here and there to put in the Masterpiece. But I can’t wait to complete the whole puzzle, I am not sure that is possible, but I sure love trying. It is written in Proverbs 9:10, The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. I really, really desire to understand and know this great God. Proverbs 9:6 says, forsake foolishness and live, and go in the way of understanding.
I really want to be found by Him having a heart that is taught of the Lord. Let’s be the ones that when “His Rooster crows,” we turn our ear to hear and then obey. I get the rest for my soul and spirit in prayer and conversation with God. Studying the will of God from His word is also the needful thing to our good rest and health of our spirit, soul and body.
We cannot allow ourselves to have a foolish and deceived heart. That kind of heart grows a deafened ear to hear God waking us up. The rooster crowing means to ward off darkness—- Hello….. Honoring God as The First Place of our hearts and lives and spending time listening to His word—- do ya think—- that wards off the darkness coming against us???? No brainer to me.
Apprehend God with the same “true grit” as He apprehended you….If God’s alarm clock goes off in your heart tonight, get up!! Don’t think it was the pizza or the chocolate cookie…. (well, if your stomach hurts it may be but if there is no reason for your eyes to pop open….. It is the King approaching wanting an audience with His precious ones!)
I have a question for you…. If God knows everyone, then how is it that Jesus spoke to the crowds in Luke 13:24 and 25: Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able. When once the Master of the house has risen up and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord open for us, and He will answer and say to you. I do not know you, where you are from. Hmmm….
I think He answered one of my many questions…. tune in for the next blog for the answer…. you search also for the answer in scriptures yourself. We will see if we match!!!
