“The people got up early the next morning to sacrifice burnt offerings and peace offerings. After this, they celebrated with feasting and drinking, and they indulged in pagan revelry.”

If you are part of the US that practices Day Light Savings (DST), then it’s been a little harder to wake up early.  It’s funny how hard it is to spring out of the bed early unless we are going to be doing something really fun, really challenging, or really unique.  The rest of the days, we might lie in the bed for a few extra minutes rallying to go ahead and get up versus roll over for a few more minutes?  Here is a thought for the day.  If we are feeling this way, then why wouldn’t every other person in our company, or on our team feel just the same?  What missed opportunities are there just because we don’t have a talent force of people who are waking up early excited about what they will be doing today?

In the Old Testament account of the Israelites creating the golden calf idol to worship when Moses didn’t come down from the mountain in what the people expected was “timely”; they got so excited about the plans to worship the idol that they got up early to get the party going.  I was struck by this when I read it because it proves once again that we are fast to get excited about the things of the world while we are waiting on God.  We must be careful that we don’t find ourselves duped into thinking that we can replace God and His promises for us.  When was the last time we woke up early, on our own, excited to go to work for God?  What can we do to rekindle that fire in ourselves today?

Reference: Exodus 32:6 (New Living Translation)