CHEAP TRICK

Father, thank You for CALLING us to these divine appointments, and forgive me for being discontent at times and wanting what others have. I sometimes look on with envy thinking how much better things would be for me if I had that position or that position - or if my status in life was like that or the other. In the process I sometimes neglect the joys of my appointment because my heart is somewhere else. A gift was given to me, and in ingratitude I compared what I got for what others got.

Lord, I would like to be like John, who found his joy complete in knowing that the opening act is almost done, and the MAIN EVENT has arrived. Lord, let it be that You are the MAIN EVENT in my life - that I will find my joy complete in knowing that you get all the glory, and that I get none.

Lord, thank You for giving complete joy. In a city where we drink from the glass of dissatisfaction as much as we overspend, we need this thing that is foreign to us - complete joy which can only come from JESUS.

In Jesus Name, Amen.