Psalm 100 in 1967 declares, before I was afflicted,
I went astray, but now I obey your word. Today,
Lord, I surrender my season to you, the place
where I am, the circumstances surrounding me,
the doors that have opened, the doors that have
closed, the things that have changed, and the
discomfort I do not completely understand. God.
I do not want to run simply because something
has become difficult, but I also do not want
fear, familiarity, or comfort to keep me somewhere
when you are calling me forward. Give me discernment.
If you are telling me to stay, give me strength
to stay. If you are telling me to wait, give
me patience to wait. If you are telling me to
return, give me humility to return. And if you
are telling me to move, give me courage to move.
God, teach me the difference between a difficult
season I must endure and a completed season I
must release. Do not allow temporary discomfort
to make me abandon an assignment you are still
developing. But do not allow temporary comfort
to make me remain where your purpose is calling
me to leave. Holy Spirit. direct my steps. God,
Israel entered Egypt because Egypt was once a
place of preservation, but Egypt was never the
promise. So help me understand that something
can have been right for yesterday without being
right for tomorrow. Teach me to be grateful for
what a place has given me without becoming imprisoned
by familiarity. If a season has completed its
assignment, Give me grace to release it. If a
door has closed because you are redirecting me,
keep me from continually trying to reopen it.
If something that once fit no longer fits because
you are developing something new within me, help
me recognize the change. And if I am trying to
leave before I have learned what this season
came to teach me, slow me down. Do not let me
escape the classroom before the lesson is complete
Lord sometimes I ask you get me out of this But
perhaps you are saying let me first get something
out of you So refine me here if there is pride
in me remove it if there is impatience in me
Discipline it if there is fear in me strengthen
my faith if I depend too much upon people's approval
Bring me back to you. If my priorities have become
confused, reorder them. If comfort has weakened
my prayer life, awaken me again. If I have wandered,
bring me back into obedience. Your word says,
before I was afflicted, I went astray, but now
I obey your word. So God, do not allow my difficult
season to be wasted. If this season makes me
pray again, let me pray. If it makes me seek
you again, let me seek you. If it makes me reconsider
my priorities, reorder my life. If it exposes
something that needs to change, change me. If
it teaches me something I will need in my next
assignment, teach me completely. God, protect
me from looking backward when you are calling
me forward. I refuse to return to familiar bondage
simply because unfamiliar freedom requires faith
i refuse to worship comfort i refuse to worship
familiarity i refuse to make security more important
than obedience my security is in you my future
is in you my purpose is in you therefore i declare
i will not miss my next season because i am afraid
to release the last one i will not move before
god i will not remain behind god I will move
with God. I declare that every temporary place
will produce what God intends to develop in me.
The pit will not be wasted. The waiting will
not be wasted. The wilderness will not be wasted.
The uncomfortable season will not be wasted.
I will learn what I need to learn. I will surrender
what I need to surrender. I will release what
I need to release. And when God says move, I
will move. God, order my steps. Sharpen my discernment.
Quiet the voice of fear. Break unhealthy attachment
to yesterday. Give me wisdom for today and prepare
me for tomorrow. If the place is temporary, teach
me there. If the season is difficult, refine
me there. If the door is closing, direct me.
If the road is opening, lead me. I declare. I
will not confuse my current location with the
conclusion of my story. God is still writing.
God is still directing. God is still preparing.
God is still repositioning. And whether he tells
me to stay, wait, return, or move, I choose obedience
over comfort. I am learning. I am moving. I am
becoming. I am being refined for a purpose. In
the name of Jesus Christ. Amen You are not alone.