February 19
Psalms 119:62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.
Midnight, the hour of extreme darkness; it is the time when robbers go about their lewd business; the season when the prince of darkness lurks about so his deed won’t be manifest that they are evil. Midnight was the hour of the fall of Sardis, the city that was conquered due to the lack of vigilance of its soldiers (Revelations 3:3).
One rises to check the security of our home. He verifies that the bolts are fastened, the windows securely closed and the fire put out. Yes the house is secured, and the master of the realm soundly goes back to sleep. But even then, when the body is asleep, when we give up control, the prince of darkness lurks about to disturb our slumber, to depress our spirit and worry our thoughts with evil dreams. Let us at these times not just yield our trust in the apothecary’s pill to give us our sleep back. Let us rise and remember to give thanks to Him to whom we ought every peaceful blessing.
At the time of our ‘midnight’, Jesus’ presence rescues us through the midst of our praises, for He dwells in them (Psalms 22:3). He is the Bridegroom who comes at midnight (Mat 25:6) to rescue the Bride from the clutches of the evil one, to rapture her into His kingdom where she will no more fear, neither hunger nor thirst; where neither the sun nor the moon will hurt her anymore.
On that midnight season, the bride will surely and fully give thanks to Him who came to save her from her enemies through His righteous judgments. But today, at the time of our ‘midnights’, let us rise and praise Him in a thrilling and joyful expectation of the soon coming time when ‘midnights’ will no more be.
Matthew 25:6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
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