Out Of The Pit - Part 3

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Day 3 coming out of the pit of doubt, fear, and unbelief.

 From today's Our Daily Bread:
The God who started this great work in you will keep at it until He completes it on the very day Jesus Christ appears.
"For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ." (Philippians 1:6)
 God is the initiator. He knew me before I was born. He predestined me. He called me. He justified me. He will glorify me (Romans 8:29-30).

Father, thank you for taking the initiative in my life to save me. Thank you for giving me the faith I have as well as for the desire and ability to place my faith in You. Help me to not over-analyze my faith -- my every thought, feeling, motive, and intention. Help me to not deceive myself or be deceived into believing a lie. Help me to simply trust you with childlike faith and rest in You and in Your finished work.

I need You to affirm my identity and to speak what is true about me and about our relationship. Help me to trust You even when my thoughts and feelings tell me I don't. Especially help me when I feel like I'm really just trying to convince myself I believe something that I really don't. Help me to not self-sabotage. I feel like my greatest enemy is myself.

It is You. You pursue me. You love me. You give me real faith. You give me the 'want to' to trust You as well as the courage to do it. I am helpless without You. It is all You.

In Jesus' Name, Amen.

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