The Safest Place to Be

September 13, 2005

"Teach me to do Your Will, for You are my God; may Your good Spirit lead me on level ground." Psalm 143:10 When you do not understand the purpose of God's plan - bow the knee and trust the heart of your Father! The Lord wants to guide and direct you through all situations in your life. God knows everything there is to know about you. He knows everything you've done in your life and everything you are about to do. Each day, start out bowing your head in humble prayer to Jesus, asking Him to help you every step of the way. My prayer today, like most mornings is that the Lord will help me this day to live more like Him and less like me. We are such selfish people aren't we. Sometimes I re-read my prayer journal and think, boy I am selfish. Always asking the Lord for something. But I am reminded today, that Jesus wants us to seek Him daily. He will change our selfish desires into wants for other people who need more than we do. He will reveal His everlasting love and grace to us each day as we go to Him in prayer. What would you do if God called you to be a missionary to a foreign country - like Iraq for example? How would you prepare to go? Are we preparing each day by witnessing to others around us? Sharing with them how much God loves them? What can you do to make improvements in that area of your life? Pray for boldness! The safest place for us to be is where God wants us - the most dangerous ... is out of His Will for our lives. Can we look at our actions each day and see that we have made one difference in someone's life for the Glory of God? Don't be discouraged if you cannot. It is never too late to start - today is the day! Lord, I lift up each person today that will be reading this devotional. I pray that You place boldness upon us Lord that we need each day to bring You glory. That we live each day to please You Lord and not ourselves. Help us, guide us and have mercy on us Lord where we fail You. We love You Lord and the desire of our hearts is to be more like You so a hurting world will see Your love. I've seen many interviews in the last few weeks Lord, where people have lost every material thing because of the hurricane. Some have even lost more than that - they've lost a spouse or child. But somehow, by Your Grace Lord, they still have their faith. Thank You Lord. Thank You for their boldness to get on MSNBC, CNN, Fox News etc. to stand up and say GOD IS IN CONTROL! Thank You for this day Lord, and I pray that Your words today have given someone encouragement and boldness to change. In Jesus name I pray. Amen. I love you all and I pray that nothing I say, but the that scripture of the Lord, will touch your heart today - that you are obedient to what the Will is that God has for your life be done. Pray and seek Him today.

Love, Tracy

Posted by mary at September 13, 2005 08:44 AM

Comments

Sometimes it seems overwhelming to think of doing only the will of God but then I think about all the times that I chose not to do His will and how miserable I was...taking a huge step of faith is sometimes scary but try stepping in the opposite direction...God is huge and I have found that even when I am scared and alone...He never leaves...He is always here when no one else is...I want nothing more than to do His calling on my life...thank you Tracy for the reminder of how important it is to be in constant prayer...seeking to see if I am totally surrendered to His call xoxo anita

Posted by: anita | September 13, 2005 01:23 PM