Lord, in Your presence we see things in perspective, and see better what is important and what is completely unimportant.
There we become quiet and come to peace.
There we discover that all these things that steal our attention all day long are actually not as important as what the world around us wants to make them.
Oh, and all those things that we can worry about so much...!
No wonder You teach me: Seek first My Kingdom and My will, and then all other things will fall into place!
There at Your feet I learn to put down all my worries and fears, to look anew and to think anew.
It is truly as You teach me in Your Word there in Philippians 4:
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.”
Oh, Your peace, that peace that only You can give, changes everything! It is so overwhelming! How I desire it every day, Lord!
Every morning that I sit in Your presence and calm down by breathing calmly and pleasantly, things happen to me that help me to start this day anew!
There at Your feet I learn to put things down and choose again to look at things with the glasses of faith.
There I discover anew Your unconditional love for me. Which envelops me and becomes for me this safe, soft place where I can just relax and discover anew that Your grace is enough for me.
I am capable of all things through You who gives me the strength!
There in Your presence so many of Your Psalms become the words of my soul.
Like Psalm 23, and Psalm 91.
Every morning, I can only remind myself of Your word of promise to me and my family there from 2 Corinthians 9:8:
“And (my) God is able to give you all things abundantly, so that you, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound in every good work.”
There at Your feet I discover that I am simply Your earthly steward of Your property. Because everything “I have” belongs to You.
Yes, even the money that comes in from business, or farming, or in whatever way You provide, is a gift of grace, intended to bless me and my loved ones and provide for what we need.
But I can trust You also when there is not always enough for us. Yes, I can trust You to not only always give us what we need, but also so that there will be enough to give generously where You show!
Haven’t You taught me to look at all this with the eyes of Luke 16!
“And I say to you, Make friends for yourselves by means of the unrighteous mammon, so that when it fails, they may receive you into the eternal dwellings.
“He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much; and he who is dishonest in a very little is dishonest also in much. If therefore you have not been faithful in handling the unrighteous mammon, who will entrust to you the true riches? If you have not been faithful in what is another man’s, who will give you what is your own?
“No servant can serve two masters; for either he will be devoted to the one and despise the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.”