Last night, I was really comforted by something that God brought to mind, and I wanted to share it. It's this idea that He knows everything about me. The number of hairs on my head, the exact nature of my fears and struggles, my thoughts from afar (Ps 139), my desire to honor Him, the desire to have a life of significance, my past failures, my dreams, my hopes, my doubts - everything. He knows it all!! Every single piece of it.
I just kind of went off of that and validated some of these things while praying: "Jesus, you know exactly what's going on. There's nothing about my life that's surprised you - not one bit." Jesus knew that I would be rejected by this former girlfriend; I at least find this a tad bit comforting that He knew about this and has known about this since the beginning of time.
My prayer continued: "Christ, you know exactly the attacks that are going to come tonight and tomorrow. As a matter of fact, you know everything. With that in mind, you also know the exact way for me to escape these temptations (I Cor 10:13) such that I will not sin in my heart. Holy Spirit, I don't know the exact nature of the attacks, and I certainly don't know how to fight them. But you do!!! You know exactly what's going on!!" Y'all, we can lean on the everlasting wisdom Who is intimately aware of everything.
The last part of the prayer: "So that's it, Jesus. I'm thankful that you know the past, present, future - EVERYTHING. You say your load is easy and burden is light. Mine burden feels heavy and awful right now. You think you could help me and ease my struggles some? Can we switch backpacks today, Jesus? I pray that you'll do this for me.
In Jesus's name, amen."
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