God's loyalty

The 17th Sunday after Pentecost

You have always been my helper. Don’t leave me now; don’t abandon me, O God of my salvation! ~ Psalm 27:9b (NLT)

Jesus said: And this is the will of God, that I should not lose even one of all those he has given me, but that I should raise them up at the last day. ~ John 6:39 (NLT)

Kind Master,

THANKS: It's funny that we worry so much that you would abandon us. But you have never abandoned your people. People abandon you, but you are loyal.

REGRETS: I'm one of those people who worries. But when I think about it, my worry is that you will not bless me with what I want. And that feels like abandonment. I understand that you wouldn't really leave me high and dry. But I have the notion that things will not move the direction I want. Maybe in the long run that is a good thing.

INTERCESSION: Help me to chill with the worry. I need to quite thinking so much about what I want and to look toward what you want.

PURPOSE: I'm going to live in confident faith that you are here with me -- no matter what happens. And that is enough.

Amen.