Daily Affirmations - Day 2 - The Promise of Dawn - I Wake For The Lord Sustains Me
Day 2: I wake for the Lord sustains me
I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the Lord sustains me (Psalm 3:5).
Lord, how many are my foes!
How many rise up against me!
Many are saying of me,
“God will not deliver him.”
But You, Lord, are a shield around me,
my glory, the One who lifts my head high.
I call out to the Lord,
and He answers me from His holy mountain.
I lie down and sleep;
I wake again, because the Lord sustains me.
I will not fear though tens of thousands
assail me on every side.
Arise, Lord!
Deliver me, my God!
Strike all my enemies on the jaw;
break the teeth of the wicked.
From the Lord comes deliverance.
May Your blessing be on your people.
— Psalm 3
New ev'ry morning is the love
Our waking and uprising prove;
Through sleep and darkness safely brought,
Restored to life and pow'r and thought.
New mercies, each returning day,
Hover around us while we pray;
New perils past, new sins forgiv'n,
New thoughts of God, new hopes of heav'n.
If on our daily course our mind
Be set to hallow all we find,
New treasures still of countless price,
God will provide for sacrifice.
Old friends, old scenes will lovelier be,
As more of heav'n in each we see;
Some sof'ning gleam of love and prayer
Shall dawn on ev'ry cross and care.
The trivial round, the common task,
Will furnish all we ought to ask:
Room to deny ourselves, a road
To bring us daily nearer God.
Only, O Lord, in Thy dear love
Fit us for perfect rest above;
And help us, this and ev'ry day,
To live more nearly as we pray
~ Johne Keble, 1822
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