Day 149

Father, 

We praise You for our position in Your family. It isn’t and never has been about our works or our perfection. It has always been Your righteousness which You’ve granted to Your kids through the work of Your Son Jesus. Thank You for covering our sins⁠—past, present, and future.

By the power of Your Spirit in us, we repent of those sins and turn to You. Would You make our hearts clean? We want to turn from those sins. We want to be changed. Like David, we hold onto bitterness, we want to see others face justice. We arrogantly believe we’re the ones who need to carry out that justice, because, ultimately, we don’t believe YOU will carry it out. We doubt Your character, which clouds our vision and misdirects our actions. 

When we view You wrongly, would You grow our view of You? Set it right. When we view ourselves and our sin wrongly⁠—like it’s too weighty for Jesus to bear⁠—would You remind us that all the sins of all God’s kids are fully covered by the blood of Christ? We need to be reminded of the Gospel everyday⁠—our gaping need for You and Your sufficiency for all our needs. Where our desires are sinful or just less perfect than Your plans, would You put the right desires in us? Grant us the right desires, God.

We surrender our lives to You, Lord—every moment of our day, each decision we make, every desire we long for, we yield our will and way to Your perfect will and way. 

We love You too. Amen.

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