Heavenly Father I come before You this morning and continue to ask that You help me learn to do what You asked Job, when You said, “Have you ever in your life commanded the morning or assigned the dawn its place, so it may seize the edges of the earth and shake the wicked out of it?” [Job 38:12&13] I want to have faith strong enough in You and through You that I learn to pray and seize the edges of the earth and shake the wicked out of it.
Holy Spirit I know that what seems impossible to me is not with You. I know that Your thoughts are much higher than mine and that You stand in and out of time so that all is known to You while You let me choose for myself what I will do. I do not have the first understanding of why some people are healed here, and others wait until heaven. I don’t always comprehend why evil seems victorious here, yet I believe it will be defeated on judgment day. What I do know that is locked in my heart is that You desire a relationship with me and that You created me for a purpose that I so desperately want to fulfill. I may not understand why I face trials, difficulties, pain, heartache, disappointment, discouragement, and even helplessness at times. What I do know is that You walk with me, You understand my heart, You comfort me when I let You. You lead me through as long as I listen and follow. I know that I must renew my mind daily so that You can help me keep it clean, focused, and working for Your glory. I must die out to the idea I have control, I have rights, that I am smarter than You and Your ways of living. I need to turn my pride over to You and learn to be bold in You and not of myself. Help me to pray without ceasing today and bridle my tongue so that I may hear and do what You expect of me. Let my words be acceptable to You.
Let me continually offer the sacrifice of praise to You, oh God, that is, the fruit of my lips, giving thanks to Your name. Help me not to forget to do good and to share, for with such sacrifices You are well pleased. I will do my best to obey those who rule over me and be submissive for they watch out for my soul, and they will give account for how they lead. Let them do so with joy and not with grief, for that would be unprofitable for me. For I am confident that I have a good conscience, in all things desiring to live honorably. But I especially am urged to do this. Now may the God of peace who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make me complete in every good work to do His will, working in me what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen (Hebrews 13:14-21)