Keeping the Pace with Rev. Joshua Ssali
Intentionality Trusts God With What We Lack
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Daily Devotional Intentionality Trusts God With What We Lack God Builds Through Praying Parents, Not Perfect Ones. Read Psalm 127:1-5 By Friday, most parents feel heavy and unaccomplished: I am not enough. Am not patient enough. Am not wise enough. Am not experienced enough. We started Monday with a meditation on the experience needed for a job slot, which is not the case for parenting! On Tuesday, we shared the Word on our hearts. On Wednesday, we taught as we walked or while driving. On Thursday, we called upon fathers to stand up and take their position. But what if you still feel unqualified? It is a good feeling because you then surrender to God, withholding nothing. “Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain... Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him.” Psalm 127:1,3 NIV Parenting without experience is possible because parenting has never been about your ability. It’s about your availability to the Builder. We often operate on lies, or call them presuppositions; here are two of them that the Psalmist disqualifies! 1. “If I work harder, my children will be better.” The psalmist says, “Unless the Lord builds... labor in vain.” You can perfect all your routines, but without God, your efforts are likely to collapse. 2. “Children are a burden I must survive.” The psalmist says, “Children are a heritage and a reward. Not a project. Not a problem. A heritage — something of value, and legacy from God Himself.” Employers demand experience before they trust you. God gives you the child, then gives you the experience as you trust Him. Deuteronomy 28 shows what happens when we follow the flesh: curse, confusion, and collapse. Psalm 127 shows what happens when we follow the Spirit: He builds, He gives sleep to His beloved, He rewards. Your job is not to be perfect. Your job is to be prayerful. To invite the Builder into every room of the house. Nehemiah didn’t rebuild Jerusalem with perfect bricks. He rebuilt with broken people, a sword in one hand and a trowel in the other — and with prayer in his mouth. Please note that your home is under construction. The enemy will oppose you. But the Builder never sleeps nor slumbers, Psalm 121:4. Let Him build through your prayers, not your pressure. PRAYER Lord, I surrender my house to You. Forgive me for building in vain — for trusting my methods more than Your mercy. I confess: I am not enough, but You are. I receive my children as a heritage, not a burden. Build this home. Build their faith. Build my character. Grant me rest from striving and strategy from Your Spirit. What I lack, You are. Today, I stop laboring without You and start leaning on You. In Jesus’ name, Amen. By Rev Joshua Ssali Ssalongo
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