Welcome back! I am so grateful for you being here, reading with me, encouraging me and growing closer to Christ with me.
In addition to my Psalm a day reading right now, I am also reading, journaling, and praying through the She Reads Truth Advent program.
This morning the two plans complemented each other for me.
Over the past few weeks I have come to realize that the Holy Spirit has really always been there for me, guiding me and protecting me before I even had a clue.
And, over the past week or so I have felt rather weary in juggling my many roles.
Psalm 69:1 sounded a lot like me:
"Save me, O God for the waters have come up to my neck."
There is just so much I think I have to do, so much that is unfinished, so much that is tugging at me.
And then, after reading all of Psalm 69 I reflected back to the She Reads Truth reading for today. The point was really that God is Light, but what grabbed me was that, again, He was there AT THE BEGINNING and the HE FORMED EVERYTHING GOOD.
Did he have a master plan on that? Did you just work each day and know intrinsically what to do? I don’t know.
What I do know is that He does have a master plan right now. And we are all in it. He knows what needs to happen, where I fit in and what I am spinning my wheels on that He doesn’t need me to do.
Perhaps I am up to my neck because I am trying to do things that do not fit into His plan– and consequently I am exhausting myself with things that should be skipped by me.
My prayer
Father God, I love you. I am grateful for your protection, your guidance, your gifts. You have been with me always– even before I had an idea of that.
You are the Master Creator. You are the one with the master plan. You know what I should be using my energy and my talents to be doing in my life– with family, with work, with friends…. in all things.
Please, Lord, guide me to see the steps you want me to take in each area of my life. Help me to relax in knowing YOU’VE got this and to listen more closely to your direction, your guidance… and then follow that. (It’s not up to me. It’s up to you… YOU are the EXPERT.)
Help me to close out the whispers and shouts of the world trying to tug me off course and distract me.
Your way is the right way. I want to follow YOUR WAY. You created me and gave me the seeds of my talents for your glory. Guide me, please, in fighting exhaustion by doing just what you have in mind.
I love you, Lord. I trust you. I am yours.
In Jesus name, Amen
Closing thoughts
I hope this inspires you to lean on Him, too. And I pray that together we will overcome the weariness that comes from the world and instead experience the joy that comes when our lives are aligned with Him.
In love,
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