Reaching our Potential

PRAYER FOR PEACE:  Monday, February 11, 2013 9am P.T.

FOCUS:  Reaching Our Potential

How amazing it is, Beloved, that one morning out of the blue, You would choose to hit me square between the eyes. I admit that Your ways were indeed not my ways, and that Your understanding so far surpasses mine, that I am humbled to the extreme. Many times I have come before You asking for this or that, and many times You have answered. Still, there has always been a tugging at my heart that has said “you have really seen nothing yet.”

Today, a bright new beginning is looming ahead of all of us. Today, You are where You have always been -- just waiting for us to surrender and come to You -- trusting You for ALL. How many "awakenings" does it take for Your children before they finally get the courage to step out in faith knowing completely that You are walking with them? We all have many excuses for choosing to ignore the exciting life You wait to give us. Some of us are frightened, some of us are prideful -- all of us hold on to our own comfort zones as if our life depended on it. Yet, here You are offering us a life of such potential that even our own wildest imaginings could never grasp its full meaning.

It is the cry of this prayer, this day that You, my Beloved, would make it clear to all who pray this prayer the potential of what their lives can really mean as they learn to rely on You and on Your Love. I know clearly this morning that You never wish for any of us to live lives of confusion, but rather You give us an opportunity to live a life of such potential that no force on the earth can stand against it -- because You are the source of the fire that ignites our desires, dreams and hope.

Beloved, forgive our foolishness for the years we have spent trying to control things around us, and set us on fire with Your passion for Your people and with a renewed trust and faith in what You want to do through us. Remove the yoke of self imposed importance we have wrapped around ourselves, and restore in us humility of spirit that seeks to honor You first, and to bring through our lives a testimony of what You are attempting to do in all of us. Take away any fear that threatens to hold us back from You, and take away the impatience that threatens to derail us before You are ready to send us forward. 

All of my life, for the rest of my life, I give to You. Take it and use it as You will, and by Your Grace and Power enable me to clearly see Your face, to follow Your direction, and to have the courage to act in faith even when I don’t understand it fully. My trust in You, Beloved, is all I really need. Remove the burden of self-doubt I have laid upon myself and free me to soar on eagle’s wings, reaching for the heavens and trusting You for the wind to keep me aloft. 

To You be all Honor and Glory.

Amen.

(From: allaboutreflections.org, edited)