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 paths 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 foolishly
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.
Help me to keep my eyes
fixed on You, and to value Your Presence as I should, so I will hear Your
instruction and choose to follow You in obedience—as You lead me to every good
thing that You have prepared for me.
Like a shepherd lead me, along Your paths today,and teach me by Your Spirit’s voice, to never stray away.
In the name of Jesus,
Amen.
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