Prayer 6

Life on earth is rich with opportunities that call out to us in hypnotic voices, (each opportunity with the power to consume our lives). Forgive me if I chase too many. Reel me in if I become too distracted from the path you have set before me. Knock me down if I become so drunk on projects and accomplishments that I begin to gloat, or idolize silly things, like money and status. Because human motivation is a complicated thing that even the wisest soul struggles to grasp. Because all of the things we chase into our futures are often times driven by the vaguest of disappointments from our pasts. Because there are so many unseen people, and spirits, who lobby and urge our destruction for their own personal profit.
But you, Lord, lead us to true purposes and good company.
You are our navigator.
Our secret mission.
Our narrow escape.
(Jeremiah 17:9-14)