Jesus replied, “What is impossible with man is possible with God” (Lk.18:27). “Nothing will be impossible with God” (Lk.1:27). “All glory to God—who does exceedingly, infinitely, immeasurably beyond all we can ask or imagine” (Eph.3:20). “These things happened to free us from self-reliance for a life of Jesus-reliance—the God who raises the dead” (2Cor.1:9).
Lord Jesus, thank you for another day to rest in your love, boast in your cross, and grow in your grace. Only you are worthy of our worship, trust, and surrender. Thank you for reminding us we are not “supra-competent”—we can’t do everything. Thank you for not just being able to do light years beyond everything we can imagine, but for doing so all day long, 24/7, week to week, year to year, millennium into eternity. What would we love you to do for us, in us, through us? Here’s a few thing on my very current list, Jesus:
- I want your beauty, goodness, and truth to be the most compelling, freeing, all-life defining realities in my life—which means I want to say/mean with Paul, “For me, to live is Christ, to die is gain.” (Phil.1:21). I want to love others as you love me, Jesus.
- I want a photographic memory of the Gospel and memory-failure of things I simply need to let go of—along with fresh curiosity and childlike wonder for new things you want to reveal to me about yourself, and your present and coming kingdom.
- I want a great measure of your peace and joy—along with a non-anxious, non-defensive heart, to trust you in the immediate hours and the coming days. Jesus, do infinitely more than I can ask or imagine, and I can both ask and imagine a big bunch. So Very