My Prayer for You, Me and Jillian
Today is our daughter Jillian’s 11th birthday! WOW! I can’t believe how quickly the time has passed. She’s starting to become a young lady and I pray that she will be inclined to the LORD and His heart for her. She is His masterpiece! Eph. 2:10. Happy Birthday, Splendid Lady.
As I pray this morning, the Proverb Du Jour from the One Year Bible is Proverbs 16:18. The message therein convicts and encourages my heart. “Pride goes before destruction, and haughiness before a fall.”
I’m encouraged to know that God loves us so much that He ”lights up the dashboard with warning lights”. It’s our choice whether or not we will heed the warning. It seems the more we know, the more daring we become in pushing the limit. I guess that can be good or bad depending on ones perspective. I know that I get “prideful” when I’m looking at the digital readout on my car. Use to be that I’d see the fuel needle approaching empty and think, ”well, time to fill up”. Now I can see, “5 miles, 4 miles, 3 miles…….”. I guess I “get prideful” when I assume that I am going to be able to get fuel when I hit empty. So, what happens when I get ”stuck” in traffic and it burns up more fuel than I had anticipated? Hmmmmmm…….I could well be positioning myself to be sitting “high and dry”.
Pride does that to our spirits. I cannot indefinately run on the “fumes” in my tank. Fumes are not pure fuel. Sometimes we “smell” like devoted followers of Jesus, but our ”tanks” are dangerously low. The dashboard panel light is flashing, but we choose to “take our chances”. It’s prideful and extremely unwise.
What’s your “fuel gauge” reading today? Remember, those who travel with you will also be “blessed or harmed” by your choices. Don’t be prideful. If you are, destruction is guaranteed.
Pray with me…….Heavenly Father, in the name of Jesus, please help me, my friend and Jillian to always be mindful of You and Your desire for us. Help us to be humble in heart, just like Jesus (Phil. 2). May we keep our eyes focused on You and the “dashboard” of Your Word. Keep us in Your perfect peace as we keep our focus on You. (Isaiah 26:3-4)….and all God’s children said, “amen”.
