Friday: I OFFER YOU MY DREAMS

Jun 10, 2022
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Lord, today my heart’s desire is to present You an acceptable offering. Please let me know Your desires, so my offering will be pleasing to You.

Psalm 51:16-19 You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings. My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise. May it please you to prosper Zion, to build up the walls of Jerusalem. Then you will delight in the sacrifices of the righteous, in burnt offerings offered whole; then bulls will be offered on your altar.

God wants an acceptable sacrifice from me. If I don’t have a broken spirit but one full of pride and selfishness, then anything I present to the Lord as an offering will be less than what He desires.

The Lord wants me to offer Him my will. Just as a stallion needs to be broken in order to be ridden, I must surrender my life in brokenness to achieve the Lord’s purpose for me. I cannot accomplish the Lord’s will as long as my will gets in the way. My life will not be useful to the Lord if I only want to do things my way instead of His way. THINK ABOUT THESE THINGS: I can’t imagine getting anything accomplished if people who are supposedly trying to help me are all doing their own thing in their own way. God says that He will delight in my sacrifices if I offer them in response to His righteousness working in me. He really will get excited about my offering when He sees that I have submitted to His Holy Spirit in order to make them. So, what does a broken and contrite heart look like, anyway? It is a heart that only wants to serve Him, and in doing so He uses it to serve those around me. If I only desire to serve myself, then it proves that my heart hasn’t achieved this state of brokenness which He desires. Today, I present to the Lord the offering of all my dreams, all my desires, and everything I wish for. I only want to strive for these things if it pleases the Lord. I take all these things and present them to Him, asking Him to preserve His best and throw out the rest. Why do I wish to be this self-sacrificing? Lord, I know that You want only what is best for me, and I trust You to choose it. The things I choose on my own will not be what’s best for me and may in fact just end up leaving me more frustrated than I am. Thank You, Lord, for being a gracious Father and taking the lead! I submit my life to Your will.