Help me to be Humble

Lord, teach me to be humble. Help me to recognize Your Lordship so that I may abide by Your will without question. Lord, help me to understand that You want good things for me; You do not intend to harm me in any way. So let me just trust You.

Deliver me Lord,

From the desire of being esteemed.
From the desire of being loved.
From the desire of being extolled.
From the desire of being honored.
From the desire of being praised.
From the desire of being preferred to others.
From the desire of being consulted.
From the desire of being approved.
From the fear of being humiliated.
From the fear of being despised.
From the fear of suffering rebukes.
From the fear of being forgotten.
From the fear of being ridiculed.

Lord Jesus, I want to be so small. So small God. Help me to desire this God. Help me to bring honor and glory to Your name; not my own. Lord I love You. I love You because You love me and care for me and died for me. And I realize that love is an action word, not a feeling. And the way I show my love is by abiding by YOUR law and serving YOUR will and greater purpose.

But man is weak God; I need Your help serving You. God live in me. Live so richly and so deeply in me so that when You look at me, You see Yourself. Hallelujah. Let it be so Lord, let it be so.

Lord, it is difficult. Really and truly difficult. But may I desire,

That others may be loved more than I.
That others may be esteemed more than I.
That, in the opinion of the world, others may increase and I may decrease.
That others may be chosen and I set aside.
That others may be praised and I go unnoticed.
That others may be preferred to me in everything.

Lord, help me to desire to be so small so that I do not want or delight in the praise of the world, only Your approval. Help me to be so small God so that You are the only thing I truly desire. Lord, You satisfy. This hole in my heart, fill it God. Fill this God-sized hole completely so that I do not try to stuff other things in it. Lord, dwell in me so richly so that I do not worry about the things of this world; fill me with the peace that only You can give.

Blessed peace God.

The anxieties, the worries, the confusions, the fear...take it all away Lord. Help me to trust You fully; You know what You are doing.

Ah, Lord. Thank You. Thank You, thank You. You are always there when I need You. You never go away. Never. And I thank You for that.

Amen, Amen.