Majestic are You my Tenderhearted and Compassionate Lord. For You have invited me to cast my burdens on You and You will sustain me. You have promised me that You would never allow Your righteous ones to be shaken and that gives me confidence concerning my future. Whenever circumstances threaten to overtake me, You stand like a gate to keep me from taking on more than I can endure. When I fail and miss the mark, You offer me encouragement to get up and try again. And, though failing many times, You stand with me … ready and able to forgive me and help me overcome my weaknesses. I never thought I would encounter anyone who is as tender and kind as You. Each day You flood my life with Your compassion and grace. I am a “prodigal son” who has been welcomed into Your loving arms. I once was lost, but now I’ve been found.
Why then do I worry about the future? You have told me “that You know the plans You have for me. Plans to prosper me and not do me harm … plans to give me hope and a bright future.” Why do I struggle with accepting the fact that all You want for me is good? Is it because I know the dark side of myself which struggles against the light? Or, is it because I know my spirit is willing, but my flesh is weak? In all these things, I feel unworthy to receive Your loving kindness. And, I must accept the fact that I can never work hard enough to overcome my sins and win Your good graces. Therefore, I must accept the power of Your unconditional love that makes provision for my weaknesses and tendencies to sin. However, through the miracle working power of Your death and my submission to Your will, I have the confidence that all things become possible for me and good will win out over evil.
I am comforted by Your promise “to refresh me when I am weary and satisfy me when I have needs.” Each day I find myself constantly at war with an enemy who is ruthless and deceitful. As a result, I must put on Your armor each day … the helmet of Salvation, the breastplate of Righteousness, my loins girded in Truth, my feet shod with the Gospel of Peace and take up the Shield of Faith and the Sword of the Spirit … in order to vanquish my foe. Because I use Your armor, I am able to stand my ground in times of trials and walk among the victorious. Through all of my difficulties, I joyfully praise You for hearing my cries and coming to my aid. I recognize that is was You who first loved me, called me by my name and gave Yourself so I could live. Therefore, thanksgiving will always be in my heart because of Your loving kindness toward me. And it’s in Jesus’ name I pray. AMEN!!
Psalm 36:7 How priceless is You unfailing love! Both high and low among men find refuge in the shadow of Your wings.