thwarting

Silence: When we come before God in silence, we submit ourselves to his agenda and abandon our own.  Maybe that’s why we do it so rarely.

Opening Prayer: O God, please foil our plans if they are not your plans for us; thwart our purposes if they are not the purposes of your heart.  For your way is the way to life and love and hope.  Your purposes are the only ones that stand forever.

Read: Psalm 33:10-22

Listen: What is God say to you through his word today?

Reflect:

thwarting

The Lord foils

the plans of

the nations

He thwarts

the purposes of

the peoples

But this foiling

and thwarting

and blocking

and frustrating

is intentional

it is to move us

from our plans

to his plans

from our purposes

to his purposes

Respond: How has God foiled your plans or thwarted your purposes recently?  Why do you think he did that?  Could it be he has something better in mind?

Pray: Ask God to show you his foiling and thwarting of your plans, purposes, and agendas.  Ask him to reveal to you his plans and purposes, so that you can move in communion with his agenda.

We wait in hope for the Lord; he is our help and our shield.  In him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in his holy name.  May your unfailing love rest upon us, O Lord, even as we put our hope in you. (Psalm 33:20-22)

Rest: Rest in the eternal embrace of the God who sees you, knows you and loves you.