"Each morning let me learn more about your love because I trust you. I come to you in prayer, asking for your guidance. " Psalm 143:8 CEV
As we prepared to head to the start line of Saturday's 36 Hours of Jack race, my friends and I joined hands to pray. "Lord," we prayed. "Thank You for your many blessings. We ask that You be with us today and that You guide our steps and keep us safe. May we bring you glory in all we say and do." And you know what? God was faithful. Each one of the runners in that prayer circle crossed the finish line safely - some dropping down to a shorter distance mid-race to do so as they heeded the guidance and prompting of the Lord.
And shouldn't prayer be the way we start every day? A prayer acknowledging our love for and trust in God? Along with a request for Him to direct our steps? Of course. In fact, the psalmist understood how important it was to connect with the Lord before the day began that he wrote, "Each morning let me learn more about your love because I trust you." The psalmist then asked the Lord for guidance - guidance that would lead him to make good and right decisions, decisions that might go against what he wanted to do in exchange for what God wanted him to do.
And you can be sure that there will be times in every Christian's life when God will prompt us to go in a direction different from the one we had planned. And while we might find it disappointing, we can be sure that God's plans are better than ours and praise Him for the redirection.
Heavenly Father, thank You for the reminder that Your ways are not our ways. You see the whole picture while we only see a piece. Help us to trust you so much that we would look at every redirection in a new light - looking forward with anticipation to what You are leading us to rather than looking back in disappointment at what You are leading us from. It's in your precious name we pray Jesus. Amen.
Happy Running!!!
Trust in You - Lauren Daigle
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