Where is my hope? Oh, Great and Merciful God, help me put all my hope in your Son Jesus Christ. Help me to shut up the enemy who consistently torments my brain with lies and accusations. His badgering has become fierce and His presence is difficult to withstand. Help me to raise up the Sword of the Spirit which is the Word of God and block His fiery arrows with my shield of faith. Holy Spirit teach me all things in this war with darkness and bring to my remembrance all that You’ve said to me. Help me to be patient in tribulation, to wait expectantly for your rescue, and be glad in each day for it is a day that You have made for the fulfillment of Your will, plan, and purpose. Thank you that by your power, I am a small piece of your story, that by your enablement, I can worship and serve you and others. Thank you that I am never without you, I can never be separated from you, and no matter the tactics of the enemy, I cannot be destroyed in my spirit. When I leave this place, it is by your will, not because of the thief who comes only to steal, kill, and destroy. It is you, Jesus, who came that I may have life and have it abundantly. Etch this on my heart, all of your Word, must be part of who I am, if I am to endure, persevere, and overcome. It is you, Almighty and Everlasting God, who decides where I am to go from one day to the next. You know what all my tomorrow’s hold.
You have searched me and known me, you know when I sit and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O LORD you know it altogether. You hem me in, behind and before, and you lay your hand upon me (Ps. 139:1-5; ESV).
I will submit my expectations, my desire to fix all things, my pursuit of worth and equality and I will wait on you Jesus; I will wait in stillness and in prayer because You are the ONE responsible for my soul, to whom God the Father has entrusted to bring home in glory. By Your stripes I am healed, fearfully and wonderfully made to worship God; I am chosen, cleansed by the blood of Jesus Christ and a vessel for honorable use, set apart as holy, used by God and readied for every good work. I am a living sacrifice to the glory of God.
In all of this I praise Jesus! Amen!
Our Heavenly Prize 