My victory and honor come from God alone. He is my refuge, a rock where no enemy can reach me.

Psalm 62:7

Dear God, this is one of my biggest struggles. Man, do I love to receive glory and praise from others! I have different board committee meetings this week and an actual board meeting for the nonprofit where I work. These people are my bosses and I want them to be impressed with me. The irony is that the purpose of these meetings is for me to be accountable to them—not impress them with any type of bravado.

But when things are down, where do I run? To you. You are my refuge. I’ve fasted and prayed for things before. I’ve even gotten better about praying to you in real time for problems that come up throughout the day. In fact, I have a couple of meeting topics today that could use your blessing and wisdom. And there are times where I feel like one of my roles in these particular meetings is to remind people that all of our victory and honor come from you and that you alone are our refuge.

Father, this is a day where my tendency is for me to want to increase in the eyes of others. I’m sorry for that. Help me to decrease as you increase. Be glorified in me so that others might become closer to you in their own lives. And please guide us and give us wisdom. Provide for our needs so that others might feel a touch of your presence.

In Jesus’ name I pray,

Amen