A Prayer About Experience

A prayer about Experience

When I feel inexperienced in serving God

Heavenly Father,

Thank you that you waste nothing but use everything to further your good purposes. David’s first job was shepherding—hardly the recommended grooming for a future king. Yet the lessons David learned on the hills with the sheep served him well on the throne; he ruled not as a tyrant but as a shepherd. Thank you, God, that you can use me, too, in whatever situation I find myself, and you will use my current circumstances to prepare me for future service. Even if I don’t think my job, activities, or circumstances are significant now, help me remember that you may be preparing me for service later. God, I need your help to make the most of where you have put me right now. Let my service to you in the present become a time of preparation for the future you have planned for me.

I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns. Philippians 1:6