Late In The Midnight Hour • Daily Devo #503

Free Short Evening Devotional

Opening Prayer:

Father, in the name of Jesus, thank you. Thank you, God, that we’ve made it through another day. Thank you, God, for this evening. Lord, I give you the grace and the glory. Thank you for covering the mighty woman of God.

I thank you for traveling mercy through her day. And I thank you, God, that her children, her family, her marriage are covered and blessed by the name of Jesus. Lord, have your way.

I thank you for this evening's devotional, and I pray for a blessing as the word goes forth. I pray it covers her heart, covers her mind, and empowers her, oh, God, for strength, for recovery, for restoration, in the name of Jesus.

I thank you, Lord, and I pray in Jesus’ name, Amen.

It’s often said that the midnight hour is when the Lord shows his hand. It was in the midnight hour that the Lord walked on the water to the 12 disciples, and we get the infamous recounting of Peter walking on the water (Matthew 14:22-33 KJV). Yes, the Lord comes in the midnight hour. He comes when it seems darkest, when it seems like there’s no way out.

The Lord is faithful to come through the evening hours and to bless you with a sunrise, a new day, a fresh day to release, and to just receive his grace. But there is another reason why the midnight hour matters. There is another reason.

When you are called to walk with God in prayer and in fasting, which we all are, the Lord blesses you to rise at 12, at midnight, at two in the morning, at four in the morning, and pray. And we see in Habakkuk how effective this is. Why does the Lord do this? So when we go to Habakkuk 2:1-3, it reads:

I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.

² And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.

³ For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.

The scripture is saying that even though it has been a long time, the promise of God will surely come; it just has been tarrying, but that it will not be denied. It will not be delayed. Tarry is used in two different ways in verse 3 of the scripture. Same word, two different meanings.

One means that though it has been a long time. It has been a long time coming, and it will not be delayed. The second one means that in the future, it will not be denied, and so in the end, the vision will speak. In this case, that vision, those dreams, those ideas often come when we are still enough before the Lord that He can finally get our attention late in the midnight hour.

There’s a reason why it tends to be heavy and demoralizing. You do your best overthinking after 11 p.m. The reason for this is because the enemy wants to distract you, to have you looking at all that is negative, all that is wrong, all that is incomplete, and all that is unfinished in your life, so that you are not open to receiving a fresh revelation.

The enemy desires to sift you as wheat, but the Lord is interceding for you. The enemy desires to distract you and pull you in a thousand different directions, and the Lord says, be still and know that he is God. Late in the midnight hour, the Lord will bring about change.

He will bring transformation, and he will bring you peace. In the name of Jesus, I pray that the Lord bless you, and I thank you for being a part of this community. Until we see the next evening devotional, have a blessed night.

Good evening.
This is a short, encouraging evening message.
Our Comprehensive Daily Devotionals are sent every morning, Sunday - Friday, at 6:00 am Eastern. If you would like to join us for live faith sessions, you can upgrade to the live Face-To-Face Faith Podcast. These are live video meetings every weekday at 11:00 am Eastern (Monday-Friday), and Faith Fridays at 7:00pm Eastern U.S. Time.