It has been a day, Father. There’s been a lot going on on all fronts! Help me to get myself totally aligned with You and Your will – not my own. Amen.
2 Timothy 1:9-11 (<<click here to read the passage)
As I sit here in contemplation, young Samuel’s response comes to mind as he answered Your call, Lord, in the Israelite tabernacle of old. “Speak, your servant is listening.” 1 Samuel 3:10 NLT Help me to be receptive to Your call on me this day. I, Your servant, am listening.
It’s hard to wrap my mind around it, but I cling to the fact that You chose and loved me even before the creation of the world (Ephesians 1:4), and You chose me to be holy and blameless. You saved me not because I deserved it but to make Your grace known. You “broke the power of death and illuminated the way of life and immortality through the Good News.” v10
We like to think that we have gotten to where we are all on our own, but there is no truth to that. At least in our culture, it’s all about “me.” “I” got me to where I am; “I” don’t need anyone else. I, myself, and I will get through just fine. But if we really, down deep, look at it we realize it’s the farthest thing from the truth.
My only means of fulfillment on this speck of dust in the universe, my only means of security in the fact that there is life beyond the threshold of death, is found solely in You. Because of Your unfathomable sacrifice, I have true life, now and for all eternity.
Lord, You love me and have my best interests in mind. Help me, every moment of every day, to strive for holiness – to become more like You with every breath I take. Fill me with Your presence. Use me to shine Your light into the darkness of this world. May I be attentive to You. “Speak, your servant is listening.”
(Oct 23rd, 2015, Fri, 6:42 am)
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