Most High God, I must be very careful not to take You for granted because You mean so much to me and have done so many things on my behalf. It is so easy to let Your importance slip from my consciousness when I’ve eaten and am full … when I’ve acquired a nice home and live in it … when the savings and wealth I’ve accumulated become my source of safety … when I feel like everything is under control. It is during these times that I become content and forget about how important You are to my life. I know that You are watchful and know everything I think and do, so I’m sure You feel neglected and unappreciated when I do not make time for You in prayer and the thoughtful reading of Your Word. I’m sure it saddens You when my faithfulness is like the morning dew that evaporates when the sun comes up. Help me never forget the things You’ve shown me and things You’ve done for me.
I want my faith to grow so I can do the things You did. I know You understand me and the things that impede my growth in becoming more like You. Help me commit myself to spending time with You and the study of Your Word so I can learn how to overcome the things that are holding me back. In so-doing, I will be able to renew my thinking and do things like You would do them. To walk in Your wisdom, I must immerse myself in the study of Your ways and implement them in my life. I do not want my heart hardened by turning my back on You, so take away the pleasure I get from sin and steer me away from rebellion. No longer do I want You to treat me as a child … feeding me on milk. But I want to grow in faith and be able to walk in Your strength … requiring that I eat meat. When I was a child, I acted as a child … now I am grown and want to walk in the ways of a man.
Help me remember that Your hand is always extended to me. Your desire is for me to escape the pollutions of the world through a deeper relationship with You. No longer am I to become entangled and overcome by sin. It would be better for me to not have known You, than to acknowledge You and turn my back to You and return to the ways of the world and selfish living. Help me keep before my eyes the picture of the suffering You did to set me free. I sometimes like to close my eyes and picture how it would make me feel to see You smiling with pride at what I’ve been able to overcome. I know that as I keep my focus on You, my path forward will become clear and I will find rest for my soul. I must never forget that if I draw close to You, You will draw close to me and nothing will separate me from Your love. And it’s in Jesus’ name I pray. AMEN!!
Jeremiah 6:16 This is what the Lord says: “Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your soul.”