Most powerful everlasting King
But the Lord is the only true God.
He is the living God and the everlasting King! ~ Jeremiah 10:10a (NLT)
God is the blessed and only Ruler. He is the greatest King of all. He is the most powerful Lord of all. God is the only one who can’t die. He lives in light that no one can get close to. No one has seen him. No one can see him. Honor and power belong to him forever. Amen. ~ 1 Timothy 6:15b-16 (CEV)
God, I know that this may be a rather silly thought, but I'm used to thinking of myself as the ruler of my own world. I give all of my time and energy over to making things work according to my own plan. That perception is flawed, of course. I am here temporarily. But you are everlasting. My power is limited. But your power is unlimited. Perhaps I need to refocus my life so that I am giving my life and energy over to honoring you as the greatest King over all. Could it be that I will find my own true sense of purpose by attending to you? It sounds like it would be wise to move that direction. Amen.
*ABOUT THE
DAILY TEXTS
The Daily Texts have been published by the Moravian Church since 1731. In 2011 I started posting these Bible verses for my spiritual formation students at Pacific Islands University. In the process of responding to the verses, I found the rhythm of looking for a common thread and writing a prayer based on that key idea to be helpful for my own soul. The prayers are more or less modeled on the TRIP method, which is what I ask my students to do in their journaling. ~ Brad Boydston
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase -- a freestyle biblical adaptation -- somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
