A Hopeful Prayer of Trust

I recently found this prayer in my journal, written at the start of 2024, almost a year and a half ago. With Easter week approaching, these themes encourage my heart as I reflect on who God is and all He has done for us in Christ.

Sovereign LORD, You are all powerful. In the midst of life’s storms, You enter the boat of our lives and calm our anxious hearts and fears. You bring peace and joy even when, especially when, circumstances aren’t what we would wish or hope for. We all live—all humanity—broken, earthbound lives. But You entered into our brokenness and were broken for us. You are the bread of life, the body broken. I believe You are the Victor, the One who saves, the mighty warrior who rejoices over us and tells us everything will be okay. Everything will work out in the end, not because of our worth, but Yours; not because of our works, but Your work, your finished work.

You are the great I am, the faithful, covenantal God who keeps your Word and promises. You are Jehovah Yahweh, full of grace and truth. If the Lord is on our side, who can be against us? You are a miracle worker. Nothing can separate us from the love of God in Christ, in whom we live and move and have our being. We are at best your unprofitable servants, who fail and sin so easily, yet you redeem, forgive, revive, rebuild, restore, renew—You are making all things new!

So I will return again in humility and repentance to seek your face. Your face will I seek in the morning and look up. In the midday and evening, in remembrance, for You do great things, and nothing is too hard for You. Praise You, Lord, and thank You. Apart from You, I can do nothing, and in me dwells no good thing. But You are the God who fills with springs of living water, gives your Spirit, and satisfies our weary souls. You comfort my heart and dry my tears and tell me You save and it will be okay. So I rest in your unfailing love that your beauty might be upon me, even as I TRUST in You.

I don’t have to fear today, because You are with me, to uphold and protect, to walk with and provide. I can leave all my concerns and worries to be safely held in your arms, the arms that spread wide on a cross to tell me of your love that would die for me, your saving right arm, extended and strong, for whom there is no rival and no one and nothing can stand against. You are so good, majestic, powerful, strong, holy, righteous, merciful, just, wise and true. Help me walk in your way with an undivided heart to fear your name, my Lord and my God. Amen.

I’ll close with this new song, “What an Awesome God,” released yesterday from Phil Wickham. I heard Rich Mullins sing the original when I was in college after its release in 1988. Then my husband and I heard Phil Wickham sing this updated version in concert in Greensboro about 3 weeks ago, where he shared he had written three new verses for a new generation. I hear the themes of Revelation and of Easter in the prayer and in the song, as we were made to worship our awesome God. I pray you have a joyous Easter week, celebrating our Risen Savior!