my prayer this morning
as i've been reading kings and chronicles in chunks...large portions at a time. and asking You to speak to me...if i have read it with a bowed heart. a reverent heart...i have been moved by Your faithfulness. if i have allowed any whisper-question...if i have wondered what a muslim might think about this passage or that...it is deception.
let me submit, Lord. i do not want to think like those opposed to You, Jesus. i do not want to imagine what they may think of Your Word and the battles and the wars. if i think that You are just one god that is demanding among many, i may be deceived. but You are not. You are God in heaven. Creator God. the ONLY GOD. all other deception and the loyalty to any other created thing is in opposition to my heart. satan in his deception hates me. and he hates culture and india and china and russia and iraq and iran. and he has disguised himself as muhammad and buddha and celebrity and sports (if exalted in my head) and idolatry in every form.
unveil our eyes, Lord. i read in kings and chronicles Your rescue for those who seek You. Your faithfulness to protect and route the enemies of those who seek You...and Your lifted hand from those who turn. for those who forsake You. Your loyalty-demand was for the good of those who sought You. the other gods...the baals...and their deceived and deceiving prophets required child-sacrifice and all sorts of evil and harmful practices that satan prompted because of his hate. You would protect me from this evil, Father. Caregiver. Faithful Lover of my heart and my children and my way.
i know Your story and deception is satan's only offense. protect me from the lies of the enemy of my heart.
please arrest my thought and captivate my heart, Savior, Jesus.
