O God of Successes, failures seems to happen so easily while successes seem so hard to achieve. I think my biggest problem is me. I know that in joining forces with You, my failures can be turned into successes but each time I open my mouth, I seem to trip over my tongue. When I try to do something good, I mess it up … and, when others seem to need me, I freeze up. Help me turn the messes in my life and the things that are going wrong into something good. Experience has taught me that I can find most of my answers in the Scriptures and following the leading of the Holy Spirit. If I walk with You, listen to Your instructions and follow them completely, I know that things can and will get better for me. I need to accept the fact that my job is showing up (saying “here I am Lord”), seeking Your guidance, doing my best and leaving the rest to You. My goal is to become a “good and faithful servant.”
I know that, if I will be still and wait patiently for Your instructions, my path will be made straight and I’ll be able to do good with my life. Failures will become a thing of the past and successes will fill my life. To be a success, I must humble myself … admit that I am a novice needing to be trained … and, accept Your guidance. Loving obedience is the way to an overcoming life. With You standing with me, my losses will decrease and my victories will increase. I am so lost without You. All the good I try to do on my own turns into wasted effort. I believe that if I submit to Your wisdom and Your will for me, I can find a path to a good life. I trust that, since You gave me life and redeemed it, I will be blessed with Your grace and the power to prevail. When I try to do my best, I will not become disillusioned if at first I don’t succeed.
I have come to understand that adapting to change is a key to overcoming my failures. I cannot stand by idly and hope that things will change. As I face my weaknesses and begin taking actions to minimize them, Your love will help me prevail. Avoiding evil is the best way to overcome them. To change my thinking, I must go through a renewal of my mind to align it with Your will. What better way to do that then to read and meditate on Your Word. In addition, by working with the Holy Spirit, He can assist me in moving my life in the right direction. I can maintain my lines of communication with Him by praying, remaining sensitive to His small, sweet voice from within and submitting to His guidance. I must learn how to resist my fleshly desires and do what I am asked to do. As I begin to trust in Your leadership, my failures will be steadily turned into successes. And it’s in Jesus’ name I pray. AMEN!!
II Corinthians 12:10 That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.