The Lord's Grace

I want to share excerpts of what I read in the day by day grace from blueletterbible.org.

David Confessing the Lord as His God

I hear the slander of many; Fear is on every side; While they take counsel together against me, They scheme to take away my life. But as for me, I trust in You, O LORD; I say, "You are my God." (Psalm 31:13-14)

I was never a king like David, but at one point in my life I also felt like everyone was up against me. I felt like people were doing everything to ruin me, and wanted me out of their lives.

My principle then was, "if people don't like me, I won't mind.I won't like them either. They're not my loss."

After all of the things that happened in my life for the past few months, I learned my mistakes. I learned that my attitude then towards the people who don't like me was never acceptable. I could have done things for people to like me, or for them to at least not feel any indifference towards me. I was so selfish in thinking that I don't need them to like me. I may not die with people not liking me. I may not lose much if they don't like me. Yet, i'm still losing the opportunity to know them, gain friends, or learn new things. I'm losing the opportunity to share what I've got.

I know I cannot, and will never be able to please everyone around me. There may still be people who would not like me and would want to see me fall. However, I still have the option to turn things around and make them realize that I can be likable. Or at least, make them realize that there's no use disliking me.

This is the prayer for the day that comes along with the excerpts:

Dear Lord, I also want to confess You as my God when I face opposition or attack. Even when my heart is aching from the most painful betrayals, I want to confess You as the sovereign Master, who is in control of every aspect of my life, Amen.

Now, this is my personal prayer:

Dear Lord, I believe in You as my Savior and my God. I am sorry for allowing people to have hatred or any indifference towards me. In spite all of the pains and sufferings I've been through, I want to let You know that I am Your servant. Lead me Lord, and I will follow You.


credits from http://www.blueletterbible.org/daybyday/09/0912.html