Thank you for this glorious day. Show us who we are right at this very moment. Touch our hearts and soften them with your mighty hand. Lord, I ask that you clear our minds from ruin. From worry. Guide us closer to you. God, earlier this week I spoke to my grandmother and she provided me with a couple of tools from you. At the time what was on my mind was the position I felt I’ve been placed in. Feeling stagnant in where I am and what I do. Understanding that my passion isn’t gone, but my drive had declined. As I read, each of these tools’ instructions struck me. This allowed me to ask God to examine me as I was in the mist of disdain considering all I felt weighed on me. I ask that this touches our hearts. The tools stated the following: 

 

“To humans belong the plans of the heart, but from the Lord comes the proper answer of the tongue.”

 

Another tool’s instructions stated: “In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps.”

 

Another tool’s instruction stated: ‭‭‬‬ “Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.”

 

And another tool stated: “A person’s steps are directed by the Lord. How then can anyone understand their own way?”

And the last tool's instruction stated : “The Lord makes firm the steps of the one who delights in him;”

 

This stopped me in my tracks with an epiphany, Lord Jesus. If I could say so myself, sometimes I get lost in my future, my present, my past, looking for escapism for the sake of what I deem as reasons to worry. Reasons to place concern. I sometimes find reason to think that what I am doing, where I am going, and what is happening as reasonings to drag and spread myself thin, losing my footing. I try to sustain my own unsettling foundations, rework my own ways thinking that I am doing the best possible thing to make myself feel better.  

 

Lord Jesus, if I could say simply, I have taken the wrong turn, so I ask that you guide me. Continue to guide us, Lord Jesus. For we have focused on our own houses, we have seen the cracks in our unsettling foundations that only you can repair. Let me say, that I have taken more time to fixate on my house, my infrastructure, my belongings. Let me say with my very own tongue, that I have traveled far and beyond when in reality, the everlasting timbers that we all need is the true everlasting love of Jesus Christ. If I can say simply, we have wasted time basking in things that we see as important, that we may have thought was dear to us. 

 

God let me use my voice that you have given me to say, that I will continue to tear it down right now for the preparation of your holy place. God I ask that you use me to renew your temple. Allow us to place realization in our hearts, in our minds, in the way we speak, the way we walk, the way we breathe. To use all of the strength you’ve given us to prepare your temple. Let us be a spiritual preparer for the habitat for humanity. Let us use God given materials and resources to implement your will, Heavenly Father. 

 

Let our timbers be cut to your precision. Provide us with your holy tools, so that we know that it is you who has overlooked our preparation for your holy place. Let each brick, the mortar in which we apply and the stones that we implement, capture every detail of your work. Let the door we have inserted be only a threshold for your goodness, your mercy, your grace. Let our curtains sit along our window sills with precision so that when we look out from your temple, we see all that you have protected us from, but also the beauties of your everlasting goodness. We see the very grass that you’ve grown. We see the flowers bloom in essence of you. Let the colors even be handpicked by you. Our shingles and our siding will withhold the harsh conditions because we have placed a hard stop on building our mere houses and have gathered in fellowship to build the Lord’s temple. 

 

Let us now see that together, we shall be blessed as we continue on preparing for you, Lord Jesus. Let us rejoice in the sight of seeing that when we lay down our overtly used tools, redirect our minds towards the Holy Spirit and use ourselves to serve You, we see the results we were looking for all along. Those results allow us to have the true peace we may have lost ourselves finding. Let us lay down our ways at your feet so we shall see the beauty of your Holy Temple. Let us see the beautiful details that Jesus Christ has given us for His dwelling. He has given us the tools for His everlasting love, so it is only right that we use them to establish His holy place. God, I ask that you touch us right where we are, for us to walk away from our broken foundations. Show us the only true way to build your temple; for we don’t have time to be wasting your precious time. Guide us with your plans and implementation on our lives and let your will be done. Amen.