I Must Focus on the Impact and Outcome

O Lord,
I want to thank You for allowing me to get closer to You.  I realize that if it were according to my will, I would be involved in things that would actually pull me further from You, although I would be thinking that the involvement is good for me.  It would be good for my flesh, not the goodness that comes from getting close to You.  I have realized that those things that I typically deem right for me are usually a trap to snare me into the grips of destruction.  O Lord, thanks for giving me the realization of traps that are ready to snare me up.  I thank You for the strength I have for wanting to get closer to You.  I stated that I earnestly want to get closer to You.  I must recognize that You are honoring my prayer by creating circumstances where I learn to reverence and acknowledge You more in my life.  I have realized that I must not focus on the process but the impact and outcome.

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