Father,
We come to you this morning with an open heart. How many times have we asked what you would like us to do in order to focus our day’s efforts? Today you would like us to go on a search within. To find within ourselves the spring from which the effervescent fountain of life flows. It says in John 4:14 “but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” We reach inward and turn on the faucet of that spring, allowing it to flow through us like a fountain, then overflow and spill outward to others.
Today we ask that you bless our uniqueness, Father, that you show us how our quirks are actually superpowers, so that we may accept ourselves as you see us. Your love envelopes us completely in your arms. We know that if we can let go of all harshness toward ourselves, that you will pick us up and dust off our wings and set us soaring again.
So as we turn on our light within, the glow burns away anything that does not belong in our bodies, cleansing us, then radiates outward. 2Peter bids us to “pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star arises in your hearts.” So we will place our attention where it needs to go, and we will light up the dark with understanding and compassion, and then we will act to make our world a better place, worthy of our wings, which you have unfurled on this day Father.
Bless us, our loved ones, our teams and tribes. Lift us all up in your mighty hand so that we may surpass all limitations on this day. May we rise together on the wings that your touch has animated, never may we falter, confident in our steps. Bless our hands so that they may be of good use. May they never tire, or produce lack of any kind. Bless our words so they may impart messages of sweetness that curls untruths and renders lies useless. May we shine brightly in the face of darkness today and every day, strengthened by your might.
Amen.
Let it be so.
God is Victory.
