‘Wise people
are put to shame, confused, trapped. They have rejected the Word of the
Lord. They don’t really have any wisdom’ (Jeremiah 8:9). Deliver us,
Lord, from thinking that we’re smart. Keep us from becoming wise in
their own eyes. Deliver us from the ‘know it all’ attitude. May we not
have an answer for everything – except the most important question, the
question of salvation: ‘What must I do to be saved?’ Deliver us from
knowing know so much – yet knowing so little about what really matters!
‘The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved’
(Jeremiah 8:20). Keep us, Lord, from becoming so obsessed with getting
on in the world that we make no time for You. When, Lord, we’re
getting too busy enjoying all the pleasures of this world, help us to
remember Jesus’ words: ‘What good will it do you if you gain the whole
world – and lose eternal life?’ (Matthew 16:22).
By Your grace, Lord, You call us to be Your soldiers and servants. Help us not to be "fearful and fainthearted" (Deuteronomy 19:19). Help us to be "good soldiers of Jesus Christ" (2 Timothy 2:3). When we hear your challenging question: "Who is on the Lord's side?", may we give our committed answer: "By Thy call of mercy, by Thy grace divine, we are on the Lord's side; Saviour, we are Thine."
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