Scripture:
When my spirit faints within me,
you know my way!
In the path where I walk
they have hidden a trap for me.
Psalms 142:3
Observation: Again the psalmist is in distress, praying to God for guidance and assistance - for delivery from those who would do him wrong. In this one verse, he uses the metaphor for a trap hidden along his walk.
Application: This is where I am today. There is a person doing wrong against myself and my team, and I am contemplating how to address it. However, this path I am contemplating ... the enemy (Satan) has certainly laid a trap. The path is of my own choosing - I am spending time in internal thought considering it - and the trap is my own pride.
I know I can say things that will "win" the argument. God knows that is "my way". However, in so doing I could lose my honor and perhaps even respect I have from others. So instead, today I will do what the psalmist does: I will pray to God for his delivery, not of my own efforts but of his, so that I may follow his perfect plan.
Prayer: Abba, you know the lies that are being told. Please give me the patience and calmness to turn the other cheek and allow them to role away, and then provide me with your wisdom regarding how to act and proceed in response. Do not let this be of my own thoughts and plans. Please speak to me, guide me in this plan, and let even your perfect will be done in this situation, in this time and place, through me, for your glory. Amen.
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