Scripture: Psalm 62:1-8
Journal: What are you demanding from friends or family that only God is able to
give? What would it look like if you let
go of that demand and trusted God to be the one to fully meet that need for
you? How would you be better able to
love?
Reflection:
Because we have been clinging to friends for
support, we have left ourselves open for defeat and dismay. The detached love of Christian friends is
other than that. I love you, I say, but
I do not need you to tell me who I am.
For the Lord Himself does that, when He whispers His love in my ear
every day. Every day He creates me anew
and sharpens my identity by grace. From
him comes strength. He gives me my
confidence, my self-assurance. He
awakens my sense of destiny. Because of
Him, I know the future stretches ahead, and he is calling me to find it. And even when I walk together with Him, even
when I can’t see my hand in front of me, I am sure. And you, my friend, may walk together with
us—with my Lord and with me. And we will
share our love generously with you. But
I will not lean on any human being for God-support. When God sends his grace through another
person, I will remember God first for that.
I will praise God first for that.
I will cherish the friend who was my channel of grace. But I will not, dare not, make a god of her
or him. I will not lean too hard on my
friends. I know their frailties and I
know my own. (Clinging by Emilie
Griffin)
Prayer
Closing
Prayer: For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for
my hope comes from him. He only is my
rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be greatly shaken. (Psalm 62:5-6, ESV)
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