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Empty me of me

O', Lord, how desperately I need you; Your law shows how much I've fallen short, but Your grace shows me how you’ve saved me from my brokenness.    So many times, my fallenness gets in the way from allowing your mighty power to work through me. Selfishness and greed creep in. They leave me wondering this is who I am.    I’ve bought into the lies of the world that its ok to focus on me and do what I want to do; consume and be happy in this temporal world; be of this world.    The world tells me to follow my heart, but Your word shows me that the heart is so deceitful and desperately wicked; who can truly understand it?    It’s not about me; it never was. Lord, I plead that you empty me of me. Let not complacency settle in. Give me a selfless heart of service for I am Your slave; I’m not a slave to this world any longer.    My identity is not in who I think I am; my identity is in who You called me to be. Origin, cultural affiliation, place of birth - Lord, these things I conside