Oh, Me of Little Faith

  Lord, I'm a mess today. I'm the least likely candidate for You to use to accomplish anything good in this world. I'm fearful, I'm insecure, I worry and fret over everything. Oh, me of little faith.

I consistently pray and hope for You to use me to do something big for Your kingdom. Yet, I struggle to even have the faith for You to keep my own family safe and secure. I tell everyone else how much You love them and how You'll never leave them or forsake them. Yet, I struggle to accept Your love for myself and when I fail, I feel like You'll turn away from me and never look back. How can you ever use someone like me? 

Your word says "You have mercy on us because you know our frame and You remember that we are dust" Psalm 103:14. Your word also says that "We don't serve a God who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses...therefore we can approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us at the proper time." Hebrews 4:16

Lord, I come to You today needing Your grace to cover all my shortcomings. I'm so very imperfect. When I hold on to control of my life I mess everything up. I take everything good and turn it to ashes. I'm so thankful that You're a God who wants to interact with the story of our lives. I'm so thankful You breathe life into the ashes we've created and turn them into something beautiful. 

Lord, it's just me again, turning over the reigns, relinquishing control of my life to you. When I want to worry, fret, be fearful, control the outcome of a situation, or start to get insecure...I will choose to "Be still and know that You are God." Psalm 46:10. You are God, so I don't have to be. I get to be still and trust, and watch You sort everything out. Thank you for being such a good Father.

Be still- stop striving, worrying, fixing and trying to help God in any other way. He doesn't need it.

and know - be confident in the fact, have faith, decide it's true, live like it's true.

that I am God - bigger than your problems, stronger than your enemies. Omnipresent (so you don't have to be), all-knowing (so you don't have to understand it all) all-powerful (so you don't have to fight the battle in your own strength.)