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One thing I’ve learned in my years of walking with the Lord, and that is when I start my day without morning prayer, that day is not going to be as blessed and peaceful and profitable as it should be. I need to begin my days with a God-focus; I think that’s true for all of us who are Christ-followers.
Here’s part of another morning prayer from A Diary of Private Prayer by John Baillie.
“Of all that will come to me this day, very little will be such as I have chosen for myself. It is Thou, O hidden One, who dost appoint my lot and determine the bounds of my habitation. It is Thou who hast put power in my hand to do one work and hath withheld the skill to do another. It is Thou who doest keep in Thy grasp the threads of this day’s life and who alone knowest what lies before me to do or to suffer. But because Thou art my Father, I am not afraid. Because it is Thine own Spirit that stirs within my spirit’s inmost room, I know that all is well. . . The good that I would I do not, but the good that Thou willest in me, that Thou canst give me power to do. . . Make this day a day of obedience, a day of spiritual joy and peace. Make this day’s work a little part of the work of the Kingdom of my Lord Christ, in whose name these my prayers are said. Amen.”
I love the thought that the threads of my day are in God’s hand, and while I never know what any day is going to hold for me, I know who holds that day. Therefore, I don’t need to fear.
Are you facing some fears as you face today? I want to encourage you to use Dr. Baillie’s words to help you remember that nothing takes God by surprise, your day is totally in his hands, and therefore all is well. So, no matter what time of day it is right now, just stop and pray this day into God’s hands, trust him to work all things out according to the counsel of his own will, and then rest in his hands.