Sunday Prayer: Surrendering Control
Lord, I'm a control addict, and I'm tired. Tired of trying to manage outcomes I can't manage, anxious about futures I can't secure, exhausted from attempting to control people I have no business controlling. My need for control is really just fear dressed up as responsibility. Teach me to
Lord, I'm a control addict, and I'm tired. Tired of trying to manage outcomes I can't manage, anxious about futures I can't secure, exhausted from attempting to control people I have no business controlling. My need for control is really just fear dressed up as responsibility.
Teach me to surrender what was never mine to control in the first place. Help me release people to make their own choices, outcomes to unfold according to your plans, circumstances to develop under your sovereignty. When my hands clench around things I'm trying to manage, pry my fingers open with your grace. I want to trust you more than I want to control things. Today I'm practicing surrender - not as defeat but as freedom. You're God; I don't have to be.