Lord,
Today I come not as a hero with a plan, but as a weary traveler, pleading for Your guidance.
My mind is already racing. The to-do list, the conversations that await me, the worries carried over from yesterday. And every part of me screams that I must take control, that I must have a plan, that I must be prepared for everything.
This voice is so loud, so persuasive. Yet I know where it leads. It leads to exhaustion, to anxiety, to ceaseless calculation, and ultimately, to emptiness. I no longer want to walk this path. I no longer want to be the hero of my own story, for in that role, I am simply inept.
And so today, I choose once more the truth that transcends my own sense of importance: the truth that my real life is hidden elsewhere.
“I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” (Galatians 2:20)
May this truth not be merely a phrase. May it be the oxygen for my lungs today. May it be the anchor when the waves of pride and fear begin to sweep me away.
Too often, I rely on my own intellect, my own experience, my own judgment. I think I have figured out how things work. But this is merely a delusion, a trap I set for myself.
“Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD, and turn away from evil.” (Proverbs 3:7)
I pray, protect me from my own wisdom. Safeguard me from a certainty that does not spring from You. Grant me the humility to admit that I do not see the whole picture, and that my perspective is limited and distorted.
Instead of relying today on my own inner map, which is full of dead ends, I desire to follow Your light. Step by step.
“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.” (Psalm 119:105)
Your Word is not a floodlight that illuminates the entire path to the destination. It is a lamp, showing me only the next safe step in the darkness. And that is enough. Help me to trust this small circle of light and to stop worrying about what lies two steps ahead.
But I know how quickly I forget. I know how easily these words fade when I am faced with a specific temptation, an insult, an unexpected difficulty. That is why I do not wish merely to read them.
“I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.” (Psalm 119:11)
Please, anchor these words deep within me. May they become part of my innermost response. May they be the first thing that comes to my mind in times of trouble, rather than a curse or despair.
I long to cultivate a healthy reverence for You. Not a fear that paralyzes, but that deep awareness of who You are and who I am. The awareness that Your path leads to fullness, while mine leads to ruin, is humbling.
This is not a threat, but a promise. It is the physics of the spiritual world, which I so often ignore.
“The fear of the LORD prolongs life, but the years of the wicked will be short.” (Proverbs 10:27)
Your path brings life, stability, and purpose. My path brings stress, burnout, and shortens my days with needless burdens. Help me choose life.
Therefore, I ask You, Holy Spirit, to be intrusive today. Interrupt me when I rush in the wrong direction. Disrupt my thoughts when they become entangled in negative patterns. Redirect my steps when I am tempted to choose the easier, but wrong, path.
May this day be Yours. Not mine. Govern it as You will.
In Jesus’ mighty Name.
Amen.
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