Choosing
Should we only accept from God the things we like and reject everything he sends that we dislike? ~ Job 2:10 (ABP)
Father, if you are willing, please take this cup of suffering away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine. ~ Luke 22:42 (NLT)
KEY IDEA:
We always end up better off when we accept everything that God gives to us.
PRAYER:
Lord, thank you for your generosity and how you sent Christ into the world to repair our relationship. I realize that you want only the best for us and that even when bad things happen you are turning them toward the good. However, I act like I should be in total control -- the boss of my life. I like to pick and choose what I get behind. In the moment of struggle help me to see the value of being behind you in all things. I am going to choose that which is clearly from you. Amen.
*ABOUT THE
DAILY TEXTS
The Daily Texts have been published by the Moravian Church since 1731. In 2015 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)
