~ Read Genesis 16-17 Text, Audio
Lord God,
Why
do I question your provision? Why do I doubt your care? Why do I worry
as if you will fail me, and leave me to face life’s challenges alone?
For I know you are not an uncaring, God. I know you are not callous or
unjust. I know that you keep your promises to your people, because I’ve
seen how you do so in your holy word. I’ve read about the plans you have
for your people, and seen the way you preserve them through good times
and bad; so I believe you will do the same for me. Please help my
unbelief.
Help
me to trust in your promises. Help me believe in your word. Give me
confidence in the plans that you have for my life, and show me how your
purposes are good. Lord, keep me doing my own thing when I’m afraid to
follow you. Don’t let me stray just because I can’t see what you are
doing. I want to believe that you are working all things out for my good
and your glory, but I confess, sometimes it’s just so difficult to do
so.
Sometimes,
Lord, it’s difficult to trust you when things aren’t going the way I’d
hoped. It’s hard to believe when things aren’t going as planned. When
money is tight, relationships are strained, and life is so stressful I
feel like I’ll snap. When my kids are struggling, my friends are in
need, and I’m the only one they can lean on. When those I love, let me
down, and the plans I’d made, crash to the ground. I confess, I struggle
to trust you, though I truly want to believe. I just can’t do it by
myself, Lord. Please help my unbelief.
Help
me to trust in your plans for my life, because I know, they are so much
better than my own. Give me the strength to resist the temptation to
choose my own path, and go it alone. I don’t want to do that, Lord. I’ve
tried that way before, and as you know, it always gets me in trouble,
because it always leads me to sin. It never fails. Whenever I think, I
know better than you, I regret it.
Lord,
I don’t want to be like Abraham. I don’t want to be like Sari. I don’t
want to doubt your promises or make a huge mess of my life by doing my
own thing. I want to trust you. I want to believe. Please, help my
unbelief today.
In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.
Where mercy is the rule, not the exception.
