All of us, like sheep, have strayed away.
We have left God’s paths to follow our own.
Yet the LORD laid on him
the sins of us all.—Isaiah 53:6 (NLT)
Loving LORD,
Like a shepherd lead me, along Your path today,and teach me by Your Spirit’s voice, to never stray away.
I need You to lead me
today. Because just like a sheep, if left
on my own, I will wander from the path of Your will for me—and follow a path
marked by my own self-centered desires.
Sometimes, I do it somehow
blindly unaware of my wandering—as if I were sleepwalking—failing to wake up to
the error of my way, until I am lost and a long way from home.
Sometimes, I fall back
into my old ways of stubborn and willful rebellion—fully aware, but wanting
what I want, more than wanting what You want for me.
And yet, always, even in
my sin, You call me to return to You—having laid all of my sin upon Jesus, so
that I might stand in the peace and protection of Your Presence once again.
So help me to keep my eyes
fixed on You—and to value Your Presence with me as I should—so I can hear Your
instruction, then choose to follow after You in obedience—as You lead me to
every good thing that You have prepared for me.
Like a shepherd lead me, along Your path today,and teach me by Your Spirit’s voice, to never stray away.
In the name of Jesus,
Amen.
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