‘O Lord…Be our strength every morning, our salvation in the time of trouble’
(Isaiah 33:2). Help us, Lord, not only to pray to You ‘in the time of
trouble.’ Help us to pray to You ‘every morning.’ May we not keep You at
a distance, calling on You only when things are going badly. When we
keep You at a distance, our life tells its own sad story – ‘O what peace
we often forfeit, O what needless pain we bear – all because we do not
carry everything to God in prayer.’ When we draw near to You, Lord,
You draw near to us, and everything becomes very different – ‘What a
Friend we have in Jesus, all our sins and griefs to bear! What a
privilege to carry everything to God in prayer!’ (James 4:8). Lord, let
Your ‘love’ come to us ‘new every morning’ – ‘fresh as the morning , as
sure as the sunrise’ (Lamentations 3:22-23).
Lord, help us never to think, “We are blessed because we are obedient.” Help us always to say, “We are blessed because You love us and Jesus died for us.” Your love for us, Jesus’ death for us: This is where the blessing comes from – and it’s where our obedience comes from! We think of Your great love for us. We think of Jesus, crucified for us. We say, “Lord, You love me. Help me to love You.” We say, “Jesus, You died for me. Help me to live for You.” This is how Your blessing comes to us – You show us how much You love us, You put Your love into our hearts, the obedience grows stronger – and so does the blessing!
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