I ponder the excuses I offer Jesus for my inaction, frustration or failure to walk in His spirit.  My wife, my job, my finances all come to mind immediately when I recount the enormous opportunities to disciple that I’ve squandered.  Will I continue to go to the throne room and tell God that I am incapable of doing that for which I was uniquely created?  Oh, Lord what miserable man I am, but thanks be to Your Grace that I’ve received new life sans condemnation from which to breathe anew.  Lord, please never let me miss a divine opportunity due to my own misunderstanding, unwillingness, laziness or disobedience.  Conform me to Your Will so that I may never again offer excuse when asked to go.  Let me always answer in the affirmative, “Send me”.

I am crippled, weak, alone, tired, broke, incapable, limited, funny-looking, disliked, the wrong skin color, unpopular, a poor speaker and frankly afraid of what lay before me.  This is my misunderstanding of God’s Will for it is in this weakness, this lack this inability where God may actually use me to further the Kingdom.  If I were capable would man see God’s awesome reflection, no they would see me and applaud my glory, not God’s.  If I were rich enough would I give all to save the one person, my enemy, from walking to eternity separated from God?  I think not.  If I were popular would I be able to set a trend of surrender to Jesus Christ for the work that He has done for humanity or perhaps would I develop a ministry dedicated to the furtherance of my own agenda?  Likely.

Lord remove my excuses, whether they are personal or actual obstacles.  I care not how weak I am because it is Your strength, Your Spirit, Your Hope upon which I will rely to perform the works which must be done.  Remove from me any personal ideas of failure that limit me from taking the steps on the path You have lain before me.  Let me walk in boldness and truth knowing that the abundance of the Lord is at my reserve.  Let me not look upon my own strength and believe that these are my limitations for Your Legions of Angels may equip me to spread the Gospel Truth.  Make me bold like a lion to tell this world of Jesus and take from me the compunction to use anyone or anything as excuse to not do the work I have been crafted and called to perform.  Let me be victorious for Your Glory and not consider for a pico-second my own end.

Use my weakness as vacuum to be filled by Your Spirit of Glory and success.  I surrender to You Father so that I may be used to show them Your name.  Oh, Jesus forgive my transgressions, thank you for loving the unlovable.  Let me lose my life for Your sake.