An honest prayer, coming from someone who truly knows God. How do I know this? This prayer contains humility, reverence, and sincerity. It acknowledges weakness, the inability to fix it on their own, and a plead for mercy. But the most important aspect of this part of the prayer is the recognition that God loves him, and knows his place, which reveals the confidence and trust to present this request to Him to be gentle in his weakness.
23 I know, Lord, that our lives are not our own. We are not able to plan our own course. 24 So correct me, Lord, but please be gentle. Do not correct me in anger, for I would die.
Jeremiah 10:23-24
An Ordinary Man's Pursuit of the Extraordinary God of the Bible. These are daily insights from reading the Bible from cover to cover yearly. It is intended to point others to the Truth, and inspire people to pursue the God of the Bible individually.
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