In what do you place your confidence?
But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. Jeremiah 17:7
All-Wise God,
Forgive us for placing our confidence
or finding our security and significance
in any number of idols that are not you—
work, money, looks, family,
friends, food, drink,
health, ministry, etc.
Some of us waver between confidence and self-doubt.
Forgive us for our pride and our self-contempt,
for both spring from the same root—
a failure to trust in you alone,
an inability to see or believe
that you are trustworthy.
Indeed, you work in all things,
not some things,
every last detail of our lives,
not just a few unimportant ones,
for the good of those who love you,
to fulfill your wonderful and wise plan,
your redeeming purpose in our lives (See Romans 8:28).
Even this very minute,
even in the dark and tortuous roads of our journey,
you are working beauty and redemption
by your transforming grace.
Right now, we give our supreme confidence
and/or our self-doubt
in the following areas to you:
work: [name ways you need to trust the Lord]
Relationships: [name ways you need to trust the Lord]
Health: [name ways you need to trust the Lord]
Ministry: [name ways you need to trust the Lord]
Other: [name ways you need to trust the Lord]
In Jesus’s trustworthy name we pray. Amen.
Read Jeremiah 17:5-8; Romans 8:28-39.
