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O Lord, I increasingly realize that I must continuously remain in your will. If it ever occurs that I think, or even know, that I am outside your will, I am very vulnerable to attacks from the enemy.
When attacks from the enemy come and if we were to knowingly have sin in our life, we would likely feel that the attacks are a result of our sin. We would feel that these attacks are somehow justified because of the sin. In other words, we would perceive them as punishment for our sin. If sin is present, we would not be able to perceive when God is directing us, through his prodding, to higher ground in Him. We would be incapable of discerning if, what feels like an attack, is actually of God. If we cannot discern what is occurring, we are vulnerable to the trickery that sin can play in lives There are times, however, when we are in God’s perfect will and we experience attacks from the enemy. We must, first, be able to discern what the attacks are. Once we know their origin, we can respond to them accordingly. If they are from the enemy, we must stand firm on God’s Word, not wavering or faltering from what it says. If they are from God, we must pray to Him for understanding of the prodding so that He can shape us into whom He desires. Therefore, it is imperative that we remain unstained from sin if we are to grow in God. Not only will sin stifle our growth in the Lord by turning us away from Him, but also, it will cut off our ability to perceive when He is actually shaping us.
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In seeking You, O Lord,
I have realized that I feel empty without your Spirit. Please, Lord, don’t let me be removed from You. I want to have You as my totality. I have realized that all things, except You, are vanity or have an end. But, You Lord, are pure and everlasting. I want to know and love You more. I don’t want to be removed from your presence. Let me find your comforting presence every moment of my day, both while awake and asleep. I am seeking You, Lord. Shape me according to Your will. Let me not respond to fleshly desires, but keep my focus on You. Have mercy on me. Let me rejoice in You. I must trust in You, Lord. Let me see You in action. O Lord, after all this time thinking and feeling that I am being constructive, I feel at a loss and empty for what I am doing and for the road I am traveling. I feel that I have a purpose in You. I know that I am trying to seek Your will for me. Now, I don’t have an inclination on a direction to go. Feeling this way only leads to trust totally in Your Word.
Your Word says to trust in You with my whole heart, and lean not on my own understanding. Right now, I don’t understand. Your Word says to acknowledge You in all my ways, and You will direct my path. I am acknowledging You in all my ways. My ways must be established before the paths. I believe, Lord, that I have established my Ways to Your Word. I prayed for You to establish my paths. I must admit that the paths are a bit scary because I don’t know what’s down them. The conclusion of this is that I must only trust You to make things according to how You see fit. I must only go with Your flow. Help me, please, to be strong in trusting in You. I am seeking not only to know You more, Lord, but to apply your Word in my life. My desire, now, is to realize that whatever situation I’m in, whatever circumstance I face, and whatever condition I have, are your will for me.
So often, I want to have my will, which in essence means, I want to control the situation, circumstance and condition. I must come to the total realization that when I gave my life to You, Lord, that You took control of these. I was consistently decreasing so that You can increase in my life. This means that I must let go of any dingle of my will in my life. Help me, Lord, to reach mastery in this area. I have realized that frustration and discontentment arise from having my own will. This is sin. It is sin because not having faith in You or not counting on You to come through for me is sin. Your Word says that You know my deepest intricacies. Therefore, because Your will shall be exercised in my life, I must have confidence that You will perfect me as long as I abide in Your Word. O Lord, let me rest and trust in You. Lord, the only thing I can do is thank You for my existence. I have realized that so many things that seemed to be right for me are not. I have realized that I had got caught up in the things of the world. Many of plans were not of You, but of my flesh and the world.
Now, Lord, I need to only focus on the things of the moment. When I do that, I realize that I am blessed so much physically, emotionally, mentally, materially and socially. I know that I am blessed spiritually, also, but I want to seek the full extent of this blessing. I have not yet realized its full extent. Help me to realize this. You always make everything fit perfectly. I need only to relax and trust You. I shall not let a worry about anything enter my mind. I know I have You. Therefore, I must sacrifice myself to You. Let everything I am be acceptable to You. Let anything that blocks or impedes my path to You be accursed. Let it die. I denounce all things that are unlike You in my life and environment. Let me be totally for You. Thank You, Lord. I praise You. In situations where I am vulnerable you have come to my deliverance. The circumstances are such that I should cave in to the natural man, but as your Word says, the Spirit will give quicken me.
Although I am weak, you are strong. Your angels come to the rescue to direct the situations. I must only trust in you and let you take control. Thanks Lord for allowing me to take heed to your Word. I want to do what is right, but many times evil is present. Let not this evil put me asunder, but you are there for my direction and protection. I must ask you to buffer me from the arrows of the enemy so that I will not fall short of performing according to your Word. Thank you my Lord. Put evil away from me. Let me not desire to do the things of the flesh, but let me only seek to be in the Spirit, seeking your ways. Thank you. O Lord,
I perceive that my days are filled with more activities than most people have. I believe that this has been the way You want for me. I declare that I want to follow Your Way. I declare that I put aside my fleshly desires and thoughts. Often my thoughts, having their origin in my flesh, want to rebel against what You want. I must strive to understand Your ways, which are so much higher than mine. As I strive to be in Your will, please give me comfort in the things I do. Let me feel Your presence all around me. Let me not know insecurity. I must remind myself that if I am not feeling at peace with whatever situation I have, then I am not doing something to trust in You correctly. I relinquish my will. I will not lean on my understanding. I realize that by leaning on my understanding, I am vulnerable to anxiety by trying to know the path. Your Word says that You will direct my paths if I acknowledge You in all my Ways. I acknowledge You fully in all my Ways. O Lord,
This life is filled with so many deceptions, distractions and sin. It appears that these are eminently trying to overpower me to be weaker in You. However, Lord, I want to stay close to You. I want to have You always in my heart so that I can know the direction I should take. Lord, let me put aside vanity. Let me not know it. Let my soul be content with what You provide. I don’t want to turn to the left or right, but stay focused on You. I give You all glory and praise for being in my life. O Lord,
I want to seek You to get closer, I need You to take away the feeling of doing something different. You have opened doors for me to do the things that I enjoy while serving You. I want to know deliverance from evil, which is the constant discontentment with oneself. O Lord, let me please walk uprightly and pleasing in Your eyes. I turn from trying to search my will but to know and rest in Your will for my life. I desist of all of my desires. I turn to know only You. Please let my life be acceptable to You. I don’t want the burden of figuring out what I must do. That is too heavy for me. I surrender to Your yoke and will now trust that what happens to me is strictly because of You. I remove my hand. Your way, O Lord, is my way. I desire to nothing else but Your way.
I will not turn to the right or left, but stay focus on You. I have discovered that I can rest in You. If I seek anything else but You, my life can become out of sync. I must always keep You at the forefront of my every thought, word and deed. Let me learn not to try to depend on my own strength, but let me first recognize my vulnerability and Your greatness. I will do my best to conform to Your plan for me while trustingly putting mine aside. I thank You for giving me the desire to want to lean on You. I will Wear Your Yoke. |
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