Father, I am grateful that my life is in Your hands. Some days go smoothly, and some can be a real challenge, but it is a great comfort having you by my side all along the way. Help me to use this day in ways that will bring glory to Your name – may my time be used wisely, may my interactions be full of Your love, may my preparations for Sunday be focused and productive. May my eyes be continually on You.
2 Timothy 3:4 (<<click here to read the passage)
“…pride… pleasure rather than God.”
Lord, the thing that pulls me most away from You is me. Romans 8:38-39 states “that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love.” And the list he provides is undoubtedly true. Absolutely nothing…outside of me…can separate me from God’s love. (Though in all truth, even if I pull away, God will not stop loving me.) But, Lord, even though I knew better – even though it makes absolutely zero sense – insignificant things of this world lure me from Your side.
The “pleasures” of this world are short-lived; they are in no way sustaining…and many times, they are detrimental to me. But when they call to me, I am still drawn to them.
Lord, I am grateful that I am still very much drawn to Your voice. I may stumble. I may even fall, but You are there to lift me up. I am grateful, too, that Your presence in my life is so much more prominent that though I may stumble, my falls are much more infrequent, and I don’t fall as far or hard. Thank You for Your patience. Thank You for Your never-ending love. Enable me to persevere. May I remain strong in You – for there is no other way.
(Dec 1st, 2015, Tues, 6:53 am)
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