Have you ever prayed for God to take away the desires of your heart and replace them with the desires of His heart? This is my devotional’s message for me this morning. It has caused me to do some reflecting. I often ask God to help me serve Him fully surrendered to His Will in my life. However, along with this prayer then comes “my desires”.

It is not uncommon for me to pray at the end of the day to not let anyone call that needs to vent, ask for help, etc. Have them do this in the morning when I am rested, I selfishly want. My eyes have quickly turned to me rather than keeping them on God. I know in my head that God promises His rest for the weary soul, but my selfishness supersedes what I know and replaces it with what I want. Once I reflect on this and write it out as I am doing right now I am ashamed of my selfishness. I don’t get many calls in the after hours of the day anyway, but if I do they are almost always for good reasons and I’m grateful afterwards the person did call.

Learning to trust God with my entire day and stay surrendered to what I trust is something I need to do each day. I can do this when I keep focused on the truth that I only need to do it for today. Tomorrow will be a new day and I can make the same commitment to God for that day. Today’s focus is God’s purposes for today and my surrender to them all day long. God takes care of me along with His taking care of everyone else as I keep my TRUST in HIM.