Psalms 5-6

My voice You shall hear in the morning, O LORD;
In the morning I will direct it to You,
And I will look up. (Psalms 5:3)

Then he said, “O LORD God of my master Abraham, please give me success this day, and show kindness to my master Abraham. (Genesis 24:12)

There was a period of time when I was facing extreme stress at work. I was still quite a fresh graduate, having a culture shock to full time working, and trying to adapt to working life. Yet, work felt so lonesome and like I had to handle things alone. During that period of time, I remembered that every morning, I would drag myself out of bed and in fact, I feared going to work.

But it was also during that period that I learnt to rely on God. I used the prayer that Abraham's servant made - "God, give me success today, and show me kindness."

I needed the hand of God in my work so that my work can go smoothly. I need the mercy of God so that I can pull through the day.

I made that prayer day after day, every morning. And I am confident that it was because of God that I gained some courage, a day at a time, to face what I needed to, for that day. And what will happen the next day? I won't think so far... because the next morning, I will pray for the day again.. and that's how we pull through difficult times sometimes.

God is always near, as long as we draw near to Him.