God's Routine

Everyone has some kind of routine. God has a routine. It’s called sunrise and sunset. It’s a beautiful sight no matter where you are. It’s the beginning of the day and the end of the day. It’s a fresh start. It’s time to kick back. There are many beautiful photos and many beautiful paintings of these two events. They are all part of one thing that God calls day. When the new heaven and new earth come along there will be no more day as such. God will remove the sun and there will be no more need for the moon. There will be no more night time. You see, the evening was meant to be a time of rest, and in the morning God offers man a new start for each day. This whole orbiting, revolving, sun-up, sun-down thing is to give man a chance to start over every day. It’s more than just a picture of God’s glory. God desires that we take advantage of His routine by starting anew with Him each day, and taking a break when the lights go out. —- The Good News is that there will be no more need for fresh starts with the new heaven and new earth. There will be no need or desire to rest. We’ll be like that energetic-two-year-old that never runs out of energy. We’ll be eternally satisfied in the glorious presence of Abba Father. There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign for ever and ever. (Rev.22:5) His glory will light up our new environment. We will finally live sinless in our glorified bodies, and consequently we will not need His new mercies every day, any day.