Daily Devotional – 2/8/13 “Just one of them days!”

Today is one of those days when I’m toiling with something but don’t know what and feeling some kind of way but I don’t know why. Trying to figure out what it is, exactly, that God is trying to get me to understand. I’m listening God but am I misunderstanding you? I’m going God but is it to the wrong place? I’m trying God but can I try harder? I’m praying but the devil is still sneaking through the fence. I’m praising but my enemies are still throwing rocks and hiding their hands. I’m doing the best I can but I still feel like I’m failing. I’m trying to smile but the tears keep falling. I’m trying to be strong but the punches from the world are getting too hard to take. I’m trying to hide the scars from the hell I’ve already been through but they’re getting too hard to cover. Yes, I put on a brave face when I keep getting hurt but I don’t know how much longer I can stand before I crumble. Oh God!

Father,
I come petitioning your throne this morning with my mouth filled with thanks. I thank you for opening my eyes to see, my ears to ear and my mouth to speak. I thank you for being my all in all and for making my today greater than my yesterday. I thank you for my pain because it makes me appreciate my healing. I thank you for my tears because they make me appreciate my smile. I thank you for the down days because they make me enjoy the up days. Oh God! I need your touch! Somebody needs your touch now. I don’t know who it is or even what they need but you’ve placed it on my heart to pray for them so I come asking you to touch them now. Someone’s self-esteem is low, God fill it back up. Someone is thinking about suicide but I ask that you bind those evil thoughts. Someone is even thinking about giving it all up but I know that you are able to fix it for them if they give it to you. God somebody got paid today and their checking account is still negative but I know you to be a provider. Someone is fighting a battle that is not theirs but I know that you can give them the strength to come out victorious. God remove the evil thoughts, bind the hands of those who want to hurt folk, bind the tongues of those who want to bully and bind the traps that have already been set. God deliver on today. Break down doors that have been placed in the way and break the chains that have been used to bind your people. Do it now God! Give strength where weakness resides. Give hope where there is none. Replace hate with love. Replace hurt with your mercy and replace toiling with your grace. God, I ask you to do it now. Do it for me and do it for them. I humbly submit this prayer as if it is already done. Amen!