Most Gracious Lord, I marvel each day over Your awesome power and creativity. Everything I see around me is huge and overwhelming … just like my thoughts about You. I struggle to understand the various things You have created and why they exist. Everything You create is thrilling and exciting to be a part of. From the birth of a child, the functioning of the body, the universe, the oceans, the vast flatlands and deserts, and mountains of every type. I look at the stars who are suspended in the universe like Christmas ornaments from a tree. I sometimes get lost in the vastness of You and Your creation because my mind’s ability to grasp it all is lacking. You are clearly a God of details. You know what is going on in each person’s life and sometimes, like with a big eraser, You change the form, size, and look of bodies of water and mountains. To understand who You are requires humility and a willingness to be taught.
Nothing can change the simple joys of experiencing life with You. Seeing what You are doing in my life and those around me is marvelous and endearing. You nurture and preserve the fragile beauty of each person. Living a life with You is indeed to live in a world of wonders. You are so awe-inspiring that I could spend several lifetimes getting to know You. I have been given only one chance and it is incumbent upon me to make the best use of my time getting to know You better. The things You bring to my life are like water, wind and ice to mountains who are being reshaped. I start out one way and You carefully reshape me into the person You want me to be. Released from the shadows of darkness, I have entered Your marvelous light where I can fulfill the mission to which I have been sent. You are a God who enjoys engagement with Your people rather than rejecting them as imperfect and unfit.
I should never measure my success by popularity, fame, or fortune … for these are only temporal things. I stand to lose everything by pursuing selfish goals and abandoning the race You’ve given me to run. You measure my success by my obedience, faithfulness, and righteous living. If I perform the work You have given me to do, I am successful in Your eyes. And like a small piece in a gigantic puzzle of life, I fit in. You are timeless in beauty and I must not miss out on being a part of Your divine plan. Hidden from plain view are the works of the Devil. Through Your eyes, You teach me how to detect his ploys to trap me in his many schemes. In the light of Your love, I need to be given the ability to discern between good and evil. While Your perfection is beyond my reach, You have called me to become a part of it. How blessed I am to have encountered the One, True God!! And it’s in Jesus’ name I pray. AMEN!!
John 12:32 But I, when lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to me.