Tuesday | 09 December 2025

Learning morning by morning

Morning by morning, as we devote ourselves to prayer and to the word of present truth, the Holy Spirit enables us to know and understand how to walk with Christ as a disciple. He does this by bringing to our remembrance the word through which the secret of the Lord is made known to us. Describing this work of the ‘Helper’, Jesus said, ‘But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.’ Joh 14:26. This ‘help’ is not merely for our sake. It is equally for the purpose of equipping us to speak to those who are weary in, and beyond, our houses.

Jesus Himself received this same help from the Spirit during His earthly ministry. He testified, ‘The Lord God has given Me the tongue of the learned [meaning ‘disciple’], that I should know how to speak a word in season to him who is weary. He awakens Me morning by morning, He awakens My ear to hear as the learned. The Lord God has opened My ear; and I was not rebellious, nor did I turn away. I gave My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who plucked out the beard; I did not hide My face from shame and spitting.’ Isa 50:4‑6.

We know that this was Jesus speaking. In the court of Caiaphas, He gave His back to those who beat Him with rods as He was chastened for our peace. He also gave His cheeks to those who plucked out His beard and spat in His face as He was bruised for our iniquity. Isa 53:5. It is amazing to consider that Jesus identified Himself as a disciple whose ear was opened by the Spirit to hear the word of the Father defining His obedience. He testified that He learnt this word, through the things which He suffered, so that He could speak a word in season to those who are weary.