New Opportunities, if You Dare

Summer will be coming to an end soon. School’s starting in some places, a sign of old things finishing and new opportunities starting. Looking at it, how willing are you to start the season with a new prayer in your heart?

Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. Psalm 139:23-24

This is not the typical, “Thank you for this food” prayer. This powerful prayer, when uttered in all seriousness, has the ability to take us to places we may never have seen.

But do you mean it?

We often hold back, because we don’t trust God … either that he’s not big enough, or he just doesn’t care. This prayer asks God to 1) Search your heart; 2) Reveal your fears; 3) Uncover your sins, and 4) Lead you.

Before you open yourself to this prayer, see what God’s word says about his character.

Know that he loves you.

There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. 1 John 4:18

Then see how he’s built you.

For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline. 2 Timothy 1:7

Here’s the challenge. Offer this prayer, quietly in your heart, and see how God moves.  It may reveal more than you anticipate. You may find what you fear most reveals where you trust God the least.

What we fear most reveals where we trust God the least.

God’s waiting for you to invite him into your new opportunities if you dare.

 

What say you?

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