Day 184

Father, 

YOU SEEK OUT YOUR ENEMIES!! You track them down to bless them. And we praise You for that! It’s how we know You. Doubt is no obstacle for You. Lack of proximity doesn’t thwart Your plans. In fact, You generously position Your kids around Your enemies so You can extend mercy and demonstrate grace and point them back to YOURSELF! How abundantly kind of You! Your desires are perfect so we’re so glad You always get what You want!

Have mercy on me, a sinner. We repent of our sins and turn to You and we ask You to make our hearts clean. Like Naaman, we don’t always like Your ways. Like Gehazi, we’ve tried to manipulate and maneuver to get what we want. Our desires are not always good. Like the king’s servant, we’ve doubted Your power and Your goodness. Our hearts are bent, God, and we can’t fix them. We have exalted ourselves above You, and we repent.

Would You help us to see You rightly? Put gratitude in our hearts. Help us recognize Your kindness and Your goodness not only in our lives but in the lives of those around us. And work through us to draw others to You—those who are far from You. Make us like the servant girl. Position us around those enemies that You’re seeking out to adopt into Your family. Give us hearts of compassion, give us words to speak, give us boldness like Elisha.

We surrender our lives to You, Lord—every moment of our day, each decision we make, we yield our will and way to Your perfect will and way. 

We love You too. Amen.

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