All too often I launch into the flow of my day before giving God my time. Well...look at that sentence, would you? "Flow of my day!" It's not mine, it's His!
Forgive me, Lord. Please transform me.
He reminds me "For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, declares the Lord." Isaiah 55:8 (English Standard Version). So whose thoughts and ways do I want to follow? Surely not my own!
Transform my mind, Lord, so my thoughts are in line with Your thoughts.
In starting my day without putting the Lord first, I am missing out. Missing out on that tender time with Him. Missing out on the sweetness of morning worship and praise. Missing out on listening to His heart, His desires, and how He feels toward me.
I need that time with Him first thing in the morning. Before the sun comes up. Before I do anything else. He hears my heart all day, what better way to begin the day than to listen for and hear His heart? I desire to be in sync with Him and flow with Him throughout the day.
Transform my heart, Lord, so my entire being will be inclined to hear and know Your heart.
I need to hear Him say "For I know the purposes which I am planning for you...purposes of peace and not for evil; to give you posterity and a hope." Jeremiah 29:11 (Literal translation). I desire to walk in His purposes for me, not my purposes for me. I long to fulfill what He laid out for me before the foundations of the earth.
So, I must die to myself, to my desires, to my agenda, to my shallow, selfish ways. "For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain." Philippians 1:21 (English Standard Version) A resounding YES!
Transform my desires, Lord, so they become Your desires.
Today, I live for, through and in Jesus Christ. I desire to honor and glorify Him in all I say and do. And it's a good...no...great...no...amazing day!
Thank you, Lord, for Your transforming power. Transform away!
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