The Eye Of God

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2 Chronicles 16:7-14 (NIV)
7 At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah and said to him: "Because you relied on the king of Aram and not on the LORD your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from your hand. 8 Were not the Cushites and Libyans a mighty army with great numbers of chariots and horsemen? Yet when you relied on the LORD, he delivered them into your hand. 9 For the eyes of the LORD range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him. You have done a foolish thing, and from now on you will be at war."

10 Asa was angry with the seer because of this; he was so enraged that he put him in prison. At the same time Asa brutally oppressed some of the people.

11 The events of Asa's reign, from beginning to end, are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. 12 In the thirty-ninth year of his reign Asa was afflicted with a disease in his feet. Though his disease was severe, even in his illness he did not seek help from the LORD, but only from the physicians. 13 Then in the forty-first year of his reign Asa died and rested with his fathers. 14 They buried him in the tomb that he had cut out for himself in the City of David. They laid him on a bier covered with spices and various blended perfumes, and they made a huge fire in his honor.

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Today is a special day Father. I have new revelations of certain concerns that were in my heart ever since the beginning of the year. I know You must have heard my persistent prayers and cries, and thus have answered.

Will I act as a usual man, giving You praise only when things go my way? Or even if things do not work out I will still give You praise for the chances that You laid in front of me? Lord I pray for a heart of the latter.

Father I thank You for answering my prayers, and showing me a direction I should take. I thank You for the people You have placed around me, who have helped me to get to where I am today. But Lord, I cannot thank You enough, for You kept Your eye on me that I may even come till this day.

There's still a long way ahead Father God, and I really sincerely pray that You will continue to see me through. Let my assurance and confidence stem from You and nothing else, so that Your strength may manifest in me.

I seek You first Father. Please guide me. Amen.