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A Prayer for Being Still and Trusting God to Fight for Us

     Didn’t we say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone; let us serve the Egyptians’? It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the desert!” Moses answered the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.” Ex. 14:12-14 (NIV)

      Dear heavenly Father, fear and worry can really do a number on us. I totally get how your children could prefer returning to a life of slavery in Egypt over trusting you in the wilderness of the unknown. I’ve often felt a similar temptation to choose a known brokenness over the promise of unseen beauty. Help my unbelief as I face different battles and skirmishes in life. Help me to be still… and trust that you will fight for me.

     Father, I’m not facing the threat of Egyptian soldiers (thankfully). Often my biggest battles are within my own heart. You tell me of your great love for me in Jesus—which I really believe is true, yet too often I give people the power to validate me—as though your delight in me is not enough. Continue to free me from my love of the approval of man.

     Many times I battle with trusting you with the hearts and stories of people I love. I resort to ineffective ways of manipulating, spiritualizing, or trying to “fix” them. It never works, never. Help me to love others as Jesus loves me. Help me to extend your welcoming heart, your acceptance, and your grace. I throw down my toolkit of trying to be the 4th member of the Trinity in the lives of others.

     Father, I’m also facing the unknown land of aging, and I’m not really sure what’s in front of me. I’d love to run back to the land of 30-something, but that’s not going to happen. Help me to trust you in the journey of getting older—as some “stuff” wears out, I forget things easier, I bury friends, and I long for Jesus to come back. You’ve always been faithful, generous, and present. I choose stillness and trust, over fear and worry. So very Amen I pray, in Jesus’ tender and triumphant name.

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