Dear Lord,
Thank You so much for loving me and putting up with me! You stay near to me when my heart struggles to let go of the things of this world. Thank You, for never forsaking me. Thank You for being the reason why I am strong and courageous.
As I think about Your love, it's hard to "see" it's attributes manifested in my life. Please open my eyes to just how deeply You love me. Sometimes I feel like I have to love You or else You won't love me. But I realize that it's not about how much we love you but how much You love us. Your love is the reason I've been saved from my sins--not my own works, or pure motives, or efforts to be and do the right.
Looking at Psalm 15, I'm surely undeserving to dwell on Your holy hill in and of my own efforts. But I believe You have made me victorious in all those things and I need not fear Your returning but to long for it as a bride longs for her bridegroom. I want to be ready. Please let this day be a day of preparation for Your coming. Oh, teach me to love Your servants--those who fear You. To be unafraid to speak the truth from my heart. To not slander or take up a reproach with my friend or do evil to my neighbor. I want to walk blamelessly and to do what is right. And to let my yes be yes and my no be no...even if it hurts me. Let me not be double-minded and change all the time.
What a delight You are to my heart--for so long I did not perceive it. Still, I can be so spiritually dunce and forget why I'm living and the One I'm living for. Jesus, lead me today. Help me not to live to please man or myself but to please You. I believe that if I acknowledge You in all my ways, You'll make my paths straight--but this is possible only by the power of Your Holy Spirit. Please help me to walk by Your Spirit today instead of the flesh.
In the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
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