Reflection:

Sometimes in the darkness, we can be caught up into the pride of thoughts of what we ‘should be’ or what I ‘need to do’. And the gap between those expectations of ourselves and the reality can be crushing.

That is why this verse begins with “humble yourselves”, for as we release those thoughts of what ‘should be’, then we will be in the proper mindset to cast our anxieties onto him. The only real ‘should be’ of the Christian life is that we ‘should be’ resting in the sovereign grace of God, under his mighty hand, for in Christ, he has done all that we could not.

What do you believe you ‘should be’? How can you release this anxiety into the Lord’s strength?

Prayer:

Lord, remind me not of what I should be, or what I need to do, but what you have done, and what I could not do in my own strength.  Lift my anxieties, Lord, and give me grace enough for this day.  In the name of Jesus.  Amen.