We pray the Word of God to discern the will of God for our life on every topic for which we could ever need inspiration and guidance. The Bible offers us an abundance of Spirit-anointed words that construct for us a basis for our prayers that are living, and powerful, and so sharp that they divide our soul and spirit (Hebrews 4:12).
In today’s world we find much about which to feel concerned. Unless we hook up with God’s easy and light yoke, we may find our soul feeling weary, burdened, and even overwhelmed by the constant changes going on around us in every area of life. When this occurs, we can transmit our burdens onto the Lord (Psalm 55:22).
He sustains the righteous, and as we trust in Him with our whole heart, we have fewer cares and more faith in His faithfulness (Psalm 55:23). The only requirement to receive His aid is to humble our self under His mighty hand, so that in His timing and way, He can lift us up above every concern and problem (1 Peter 5:7).
When we ask Him, our Daddy God either gives us wisdom to deal with the issue our self, or to sit back and watch His miraculous and generous intervention on our behalf. He never judges us harshly, but freely gives us the wisdom we need to navigate uncharted waters (James 1:5).
If we ask for insight and understanding, and diligently search His Word for it as we would hunt for buried treasure, then we will realize that God is our source for every good and perfect gift (James 1:17). Then, we honor Him and learn from Him (Proverbs 2:3-6).
We boldly, humbly, and trustingly approach God’s throne to receive His grace and mercy in our times of need (Hebrews 4:16). He is rich in mercy, which is new every single morning (Lamentations 3:22-23). His abundant love knows no bounds. Even when we were still chasing after sin’s meager rewards, and even after the day we surrendered our life to Him (Romans 5:8; Ephesians 2:4-5).
Prayer:
Father God, thank You for having mercy on us according to Your love, kindness, and tender mercies. We rejoice in the day that You blotted out the memory of our transgressions, washed us from our iniquity, and delivered us from our inclination towards sin (Psalm 51:1-2). We are no longer slaves to sin, but bondservants to holiness and Your Trinity.
There is no god that is fashioned by the imagination of people or self-righteous proclamations from egotistical, self-proclaimed deity in this world that is equal to You. You are rich in mercy, and You pardon our offensive behavior by Your mercy and grace (Micah 7:18). Thank You for our assurance that if we continue to return to You when we inadvertently transgress Your precepts, You will never turn Your face away from us (2 Chronicles 30:9).
Thoughts for the Day:
The Lord waits on us, when we transgress His laws, until we return to Him and wait on Him, because He withholds His judgment and is gracious and merciful to us when we wait upon Him (Isaiah 30:18). He no longer remembers the sins we willfully committed prior to coming to Him for our salvation, but He considers us righteous according to His mercy and because of His goodness (Psalm 25:6-7).
