A Prayer to Stack Stones – Your Day by day Prayer – July 14

A Prayer to Stack Stones
By Jessica Van Roekel

“I’ll keep in mind the deeds of the Lord; sure, I’ll keep in mind your wonders of outdated.” – Psalm 77:11, ESV

“Convey a rock the scale of your fist,” the voice on the cellphone instructed. Instantly, I used to be eight once more, strolling ankle-deep within the lake, looking for one other rock so as to add to my assortment. The lake represented my joyful place the place smiles graced faces, imaginations took flight, and time collectively translated into love. I collected pink-speckled rocks, semi-opaque white ones, and clean skipping stones. They had been greater than pebbles to stroll on. They had been the inspiration of recollections that carried me by an unsettled childhood. After which they had been gone.

Whilst a middle-aged lady, I nonetheless take into consideration my rock assortment and surprise throughout which of the various strikes in my childhood it was misplaced. Dropping the gathering hasn’t deterred me although. I nonetheless acquire rocks. Solely now they’re sufficiently small to slot in my pocket, and half fill a transparent glass on my desk. I’m nonetheless on the hunt for extra rock recollections, however I didn’t have the requested fist-sized rock. The voice went on to ask me to convey it to Sunday morning service with what God means to me written on it.

There’s a music I play on repeat as a result of it jogs my memory of my rock assortment and the worth of remembering. If I don’t keep in mind I can lose sight of God’s faithfulness after I’m in the course of deep hassle. If I don’t recall good previous occasions, arduous present occasions overwhelm me and rob my hope. The storms of life could cause us to doubt if God is even there in any respect, however there are some steps we are able to take to reset our focus.

Psalm 77 is a psalm we are able to flip to once we desperately surprise if God hears our cries for assist. The psalmist expresses his coronary heart with vulnerability and helps us give phrases to our feelings too. There are occasions when we have now no phrases besides groans due to our breaking coronary heart. We are able to comply with the psalmist’s instance. He led himself to look his reminiscence for God’s favor and enjoyment of his life. And within the remembering he discovered hope and peace. We are able to do the identical.

It is vital to stack stones of remembrance of what God has completed in our lives. It’s wonderful how we are able to overlook how God answered a determined prayer for assist or gave us supernatural energy to face a well being danger. Generally although, our minds get so muddled with the every day struggles and anxieties that we are able to’t see God’s hand in our lives. That’s once we flip to the Bible and get hold of proof of his faithfulness.

Abraham’s life demonstrates God’s faithfulness. He was trustworthy in Abraham’s life to steer him, to be his God, to meet the promise of a son in his outdated age, after which to offer a ram instead of his son on the stone altar on Mt. Moriah. Peter’s life exhibits the facility of God’s faithfulness. Many instances, Peter stated the fallacious factor and led with feelings as a substitute of the reality of Jesus’ phrases. A lot later, Peter preached to an enormous crowd on the day of Pentecost and hundreds turned their lives over to Jesus’ lordship. God is trustworthy.

Deuteronomy 6 tells to like the Lord our God with all our hearts and to inform of his phrases and to put in writing them on the doorposts of our properties. This apply units us as much as keep in mind and to see his endless faithfulness woven like a golden thread by our lives. To recollect means we take note of when God gave us peace once we didn’t have any. It’s recalling the instances when hope flooded our hearts once we felt despair. We are able to keep in mind how God helped us during the last mountain we confronted once we encounter one other. These recollections can encourage our hearts with proof of God’s faithfulness.

There are twelve rocks stacked on a desk on the entrance of my church’s sanctuary. Written on the rocks are phrases like protector, solutions prayers, good, and energy. On my rock, I wrote faithfulness. Taking a look at my life, I can see God’s hand. He’s by no means left me, by no means forsaken me, however he’s at all times been current. He’s the whisper within the storm, the rock of my refuge, and the shadow the place I conceal.

Accumulate these rocks of remembrance of God’s faithfulness to you. Write them down so you’ll be able to name them to thoughts while you surprise if God hears your cries. Stack stones and keep in mind.

Let’s pray:

Holy God,
You might be trustworthy and true. Forgive me after I doubt your goodness in my life. Forgive me when all I can see is the arduous. Assist me see you in the fantastic thing about the dawn and within the laughter of a kid. Assist me stack stones of remembrance so I can recall your faithfulness to me.
In Jesus’ identify, Amen

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