How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand. When I awake, I am still with You.
—Psalm 139:17-18 (NKJV)
You have calmed my mind and heart throughout the night with blessed sleep. As consciousness returns, I hear your gentle whisper urging me to wake. Your Word rises from within my heart, encouraging and uplifting me. Yet, without warning, the concern I entrusted to you last night tries to claim my first waking moment, and a feeling of uncertainty descends. But you, my overcoming strength, are not just with me; you are within me. That concern holds no power as it attempts to come against you—not against me.
How wonderful that your thoughts for me are as plentiful as grains of sand! You have miraculously triumphed over every challenge in my life! You are for me! You desire your best for me! You are my promise. My thoughts calm as I focus on your goodness and grace. Rather than the concern I entrusted to you last night, you remind me of your unwavering faithfulness throughout all my days and nights.
You lay hold of me, drowning any doubt.
“It is finished,” you speak in my heart.
There is only you. No thought to tear my heart. No fear of what might come. No problem to fix. No purpose to fulfill. Nothing but you breathing in me. Nothing but you praying from within me. Your Words are my words. All is unspoiled and perfect in you. We are one—you in me and I in you. I ride your strong currents, and I am renewed like the eagle. Your peace owns my heart. I delight myself in you. You are all I have ever desired. You are Christ in me, my hope of glory.
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