Daily Devotionals by Ardith Keef

     The old hymn "I Need Thee Every Hour"  certainly states our situation accurately.
     There are principalities and powers that do not sleep. Evil lurks all the time. And, while we are not to be preoccupied with the enemy, it is foolish to think we can just operate on our teaching and sail along.
     We need to acknowledge ( in prayer and outloud) that we have been created with a need rather than with the provision.
     He is our Provision.
     It is not a matter of seeing more clearly or having more wisdom - it is a matter of having sight as opposed to blindness and choosing to be a follower over independently crashing into things.
     This is a basic lesson for the believer and many have not been able to get past the intense desire to "do it myself!"
     I can't make myself stay on the planet earth - only gravity does that, and I have no power to interfere with gravity.
     I can eat well and exercise, but I have no power over life and death - even my own.
     When the Soldier of the Cross comes to the fork in the road where he must choose to lean on the Master rather than to use his own human instincts, he has sight for the first time.
     He will See Jesus.
     He will know where He is, and he will have no trouble following.
     He will easily discern the enemy.
     And he will be a clean vessel for service.
    

     Oh Lord, please do the deepest work in me. I beg you to create in me a heart that wants to follow and not lead. I long to stand before you and recognize that I have been following hard after you all along.
     As painful as it might be, please do whatever it might take to humble my innermost man enough to bear your likeness.