NOT ME AGAIN
Today's reading: Exodus 33-36

"Please, if this is really so, show me your intentions so I will understand you more fully and do exactly what you want me to do..." Exodus 33:13 NLT

Of all the prayers I pray, this probably has to be one of most common.

Lord, let me know this is You, not me.

God, show me for sure this is the path You are choosing for me, not some road I am wanting to take on my own.

Father, speak louder and more clearly than the ideas and plans running through my head.

God, please, please, don't let me mess this up again!

I don't think I am one who struggles with self-esteem, probably quite the opposite, but I do know my tendency to come up with an idea, plan and organize to the last detail, rush forward with enthusiasm--and forget to check with God on it, leaving Him behind in the dust. I usually see Him there when the dust settles from the epic fail I've been a part of.

But even in good things, I want to check with Him.

Even in regards to the things I truly believe He has laid on my heart and placed in my hands, I want to make sure it's 'not me again'.

So I'll continue to pray the prayer Moses prayed, seeking clarity and direction and proper motivation of heart.