Enough for Today

There is majesty in the hills.

I don’t know about you, but I find myself talking to the Lord each day like it’s no big deal.  People have taken their shoes off because of holy ground when speaking to Him.  People bow.  People stand up with holy hands high. People kneel. He exists in a holy space.  I know He’s here with me and I talk to Him like a friend and He’s up there seated at the right hand of power and I’m over here sitting all comfy-cozy and sipping a hot beverage in hand talking to Him about my woes.

Sometimes it’s a lot. We all know things in life can get harder before they get better.  It can be an uphill climb and that’s just how climbing a hill is.  So, today I looked up and read the Lord’s verses on power. I did so, because it is so desperately needed and without His power this hill is without hope. It is with these verses that I prayed.

Some things can seem unchanging.  He has heard my cries. It’s not yet changed and it’s not in my own power to do so.  I’ve tried.  Oh boy, I’ve tried.  I know my own limitations and it’s no match for what I’m up against.  It’s a rescue operation that requires supernatural power. So, I come to the Lord because He is seated at the right hand in the place of power.  Mark 14:62 says so.

In desperation, I thought of how I might change up the way I pray. I decide I’m not going to ask for the whole shebang. He certainly knows the set of circumstances. But, I’m going to stick with asking enough for today.  I know there’s not a formula. There’s not a prescribed method but I do this anyway.  Just enough power for today, I pray.  Tomorrow I’ll come back for another day.

For today, I need magnified power. So, I pray Numbers 14:17 For today, I need power sustained. So, I pray Psalm 55:22. For today, I need power for a mighty act demonstrated.  So, I pray Deut. 34:12. This is not just any power.  I’m talking about the same power that stirred the sea, that established mountains, that made heaven and earth, and displayed awe-inspiring acts. There is no limit to this power. So, I pray Numbers 11:23.

I’m asking for just a whisper of power not even the thunder of it.

Make efforts successful, Lord.  Yes, make efforts successful.

Enough for today.

This I pray.

Matt 26:64, Deut 34:12, Num 14:17; 11:23, Job 26:12; 14, Ps 65:6, 145:6, Jer 10:12