Thursday, March 16, 2017

WISE STEWARDS: LENTEN PRAYERS 2017

Day 14 – Thursday
Ecclesiastes 5:10, Psalm 39:5-7

     More! More! More! O God! Our hearts crave more! Some of us earn large salaries. Some of us have hefty bank accounts. Some of us have extensive investments. Some of us can barely squeeze another thing into our homes. Some of us have expanded our storage to other places. But we want more!
     We are not satisfied, now or ever. We must have more! We have set our sights on increasing our earnings and our accumulated wealth. Some days we hardly know why. Some days we seem like pale shadows floating through life and trying to anchor ourselves to the wealth we have accumulated.
     Life in pursuit of wealth—life as accumulation—is increasingly meaningless. Some days our anxiety about wealth leaves us pacing and panting in anxiety. Some days it feels like our desire for more is causing us to disintegrate. Some days . . .
     Forgive us for our insatiable ache for more. Forgive us for the anxiety that drives us to amass far more than we need. Forgive us for failing to turn our eyes to You and trust in You. 
     Release us from this snare that we have walked into with eyes wide open. Amen.

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