Have you ever had one of those days  or experienced a season in life where you are pursuing God and you feel nothing?  It’s so hard when you want to feel close to God or feel His presence and there just seems to be nothing there.  Today was one of those days for me.  God showed me many years ago in a journal that I wrote in 2005 the following truth:

“Who God is and His love for me is not dependent on or determined by my feelings or lack of feelings.  Praise God that He never changes – He is constant.  And His love never changes – there is nothing I can do to make Him love me any more or any less than He does right now.  And He loves me right now just as much as He loved me before the foundation of the world.”

Then I wrote the following prayer:

“I worship You!  You alone are worthy of my time, my energy, my emotions, my life, and my worship!  I confess that I have no rights except that of being Your child and worshipping you.  Thank You that You don’t owe me anything and let me receive all that happens today as gift from Your mighty hand.  I praise You that You, Oh God, are loving and You, Oh God, are strong.  And You, Oh God are faithful even when I am unfaithful!

Thank You that You are worthy, and You love me relentlessly without boundary, limit, or breaking point.  Regardless of my emotions, circumstances, performance, or whether or not I can see You, touch You, or hear Your voice, nothing I do or do not do today and nothing I feel or don’t feel can change the way that You love me and the fact that You alone are worthy of my worship!

Thank You that You are in control of every minute detail of my life and every single thing that happens today is a strategic move on Your part for Your glory and my ultimate good.  It is to this end that You allow or don’t allow things to happen in my life.

Thank You God that there is freedom….

1. In knowing that Your thoughts are higher than my thoughts and Your ways are higher than mine and I don’t have to understand Your thoughts and Your ways today.  I can trust You.
2. In knowing that You have a plan for tomorrow and I don’t have to understand it.  Your mercies are sufficient for me today!”

Thank You God for reminding me of these truths today!