Day 19: Lord, Change Me

Last night at our church prayer meeting, there was a shift with regards to what I was believing God for during this season of fast.

But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. (Matthew 6:33 NIV)

I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow. (1 Corinthians 3:6 NIV)

God is the only one who can change circumstances and change people's hearts. I can plant the seeds, but He does the growing. My prayer then became ... "change ME, Lord!" ... and all that I am praying to God for will be added to me.

My life would become my most powerful witness to my husband, my children and to all those around me. It was no longer my cause to change them. It's up to God to grow and change them. If I seek God and His righteousness, He will fulfill the desires of my heart.

"The poor and needy search for water,

but there is none;

their tongues are parched with thirst.

But I the Lord will answer them;

I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them. I will make rivers flow on barren heights,

and springs within the valleys.

I will turn the desert into pools of water,

and the parched ground into springs. I will put in the desert

the cedar and the acacia, the myrtle and the olive.

I will set junipers in the wasteland,

the fir and the cypress together, so that people may see and know,

may consider and understand,

that the hand of the Lord has done this,

that the Holy One of Israel has created it. (Isaiah 41:17-20 NIV)

Isaiash showed me that God does the doing for His glory. He will make a way. He is the One that answers.

My changed life is for His glory. My obedience is for His glory.

Change me Lord for Your glory.