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The Lord is my light and my salvation—whom should I fear?  The Lord is the stronghold of my life—of whom should I be afraid?

Dear Lord Jesus, it is so freeing to know that I can be (must be) completely honest with you. As weak as I know myself to be, you know I’m much weaker. And as beloved as I know myself to be, you know that I’m much more beloved. Truly, you are the stronghold, safe-haven, oasis, and sanctuary of my life. I don’t have to fear anything.

2 When evildoers came against me to devour my flesh, my foes and my enemies stumbled and fell. 3 Though an army deploys against me, my heart is not afraid; though a war breaks out against me, still I am confident.

Jesus, my fears don’t look like David’s—“evil doers coming to devour my flesh,” or armies of Philistines waging war against me. Rather, I fear the things I cannot control: Like health issues—for me, family, and friends; transitions and decisions people I love are facing; friends falling back into destructive ways of medicating their pain; marriages teetering towards the precipice of collapse.

Jesus, I’m so glad you are God and I am not. Foolishly, I think I can fix things and people. Freely, I come to you right now, acknowledging my fears and affirming that you are Lord over everything—my fears and joys, traumas and delights, the next minute and all eternity.

4 I have asked one thing from the Lord; it is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, gazing on the beauty of the Lord and seeking Him in His temple.

Jesus, rather than telling you what to do, I’m going to gaze on your beauty and bounty in the gospel—the place I find you the easiest and the fullest. The more often I see you, and the more I see of you, the less I fret and fear. I worship you not to get anything but to enjoy more of you, my grace-full Savior and King. So very Amen I pray, in your loving and powerful name.

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