And Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good that we are here. Let us make three tents, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah.” For he did not know what to say, for they were terrified.
Mark 9:5-6
Father, how often do I just blurt things out, not knowing what to say in the moment? Or worse, how many times have my personal insecurities resulted in me doing the wrong thing or saying the wrong thing, trying to either impress others or hide what appears to me to be my glaring flaws? Lost on me is that You have led me into those moments, that I am in Your midst, and that often nothing needs to be said. Yet I get in the way, missing the opportunity to savor Your glory, instead replacing it with my strivings. Trying to insert myself in the action, I even employ You to participate with me in creating something. How foolish and shortsighted! Today I ask that You would give me a spirit of calmness, one that is at peace in Your presence. Help me to brush to the side my petty insecurities and quest to be included and perceived as moving things forward. Replace it with contentment in the here and now in Your presence, recognizing that You are at work in my midst and You really do not need my help. Remove from me this overwhelming desire for relevance and replace it with a desire to just serve, whether in the front or behind the scenes, that Your love might be seen in me and through me to Your glory. In Jesus’ Name I pray. Amen.