Day 171

Father, 

We praise You for being Peace itself and for comforting our hearts with who You are. It’s better than anything we could ever earn through our own striving. And thank You that we don’t have to recreate the preacher’s experiment to know where true joy and comfort can be found! We don’t have to wonder if riches are the way to happiness, because the richest man who ever lived already tested that out and found it lacking! 

But how easily we forget. We see an ad, we pass a house that’s nicer than ours, we hear about a friend’s vacation, another friend gets married or has a baby … and our hearts start to believe that we would be happy if only we had that. But we always want more. Our desires are broken, and we repent. Fix our hearts, God. Help us to want better things. We turn from our sins, acknowledge the truth, and turn to You instead.

Help us to fear You and keep Your commandments. Our days are numbered and our lives are a breath, and we don’t want to waste them on foolishness and vanity. Direct our steps toward wisdom and truth. 

We surrender our lives to You, Lord—every breath, every decision. We yield our will and way to Your perfect will and way. 

We love You too. Amen.

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