Do not move your neighbor’s boundary stone set up by your predecessors in the inheritance you receive in the land the LORD your God is giving you to possess.
Deuteronomy 19:14 (NIV)
Father God, this verse is not just about land, although that is where my mind went as I read it. It is about the life spaces You have allocated to all of us. And today my soul hears You saying loud and clear, “Respect boundaries.”
I confess that I sometimes cross the line. I say things I should not say, take liberties I should not take, make assumptions that I can do things that I should not do. And when I am called out, I either respond with justifying my actions or minimizing the matter. Yet, I hear Your Spirit telling me that I must be conscious of the boundaries that You have set, areas where I need to stay on my side of the fence and not encroach on the space of others. That includes the boundaries between You and me. I must stop trying to be “god” in my life and the lives of others. I can’t fix anyone. I can’t save anyone. I must stop believing I can do. I must let go and let You.
So today, I pray for eyes to see the very clear markers that You have put in place between me and others, and me and You. Continue to admonish me to stay in my lane and leave God-stuff to You, and other people’s stuff to them. Help me to be wise and receptive to those instances when You are calling me to the other side of the fence, but also to be prayerful and contemplative in those times where You are telling me to stay on my side. In short, continue to remind me that You are God and I am not. You set the boundaries. My job, my calling, is to honor them.
In the Name of the One Whose life manifested what it means to walk in faithfulness and reliance upon You I pray. Amen.