God, You Are Not…

 

God, You are not like I am…

You are infinitely more pure than I

You are ridiculously more patient than I

You are immeasurably more wise than I

You are boundlessly more loving than I

You are everlastingly more faithful than I

You are perpetually more enduring than I

 

 

I confess that I often wonder when Your goodness will be tapped out by my constant need but…

There is no wearying of Your commitment to Your children

There is no exhausting of Your grace for Your children

There is no recanting of Your promise to Your children

There is no diminishing of Your compassion for Your children

There is no failure of Your plan for Your children

There is no end of Your mercy to Your children

 

I long to be strong and capable and reliable and exemplary yet I must candidly confess that I’m rarely any of those things…

But Christ is my justification and I am learning to rest in that

But Christ is my strength and I am learning to operate in that

But Christ is my hope and I am learning to wait in that

But Christ is my Lord and I am learning to walk in that

But Christ is my security and I am learning to hide in that

But Christ is my peace and I am learning to breathe in that

 

God, please don’t stop teaching me.  Don’t stop breaking me from myself.  Please do not draw back in purifying me, clarifying Your ways to me, removing all that is unprofitable from me, giving what You deem best to me, enlightening me, maturing me, utilizing me and humbling me.  So much of the battle is clearly within me and I will no longer place blame on the devil, other people or my circumstance.  God, I am convinced that I need most of Your intentional work inside of who I am if there will ever be glory for You.  If I had one wish for today it is that I would be so aware of You and Your activity in my world that I would become less aware of me and all that is lacking with that man in the mirror.  Therefore, my prayer is that I would have the anchor of grace and the mainsail of hope from You, my great King, today.

God, You are not like I am.  I am so grateful for this.