Choose to Find God’s Fingerprints

Listening to a podcast some time ago, I heard a worship leader at a church in Grand Rapids speaking about himself. He said, “In my life, in the past, I found that I so quickly become the cynic. I so quickly become the critic. I would only see what was wrong all the time, and I’d be the first to point it out to anyone who’d listen. And you know, everybody loves that guy. But I just thought I was one of the perceptive ones, one of the smart ones. And here I was standing at the back of the room throwing stones at everything. It is so easy to find and point out what is wrong. But it takes courage to believe. In a world where there is so much darkness, so much sin, it takes the deepest courage to stand up and find the good — to hold out hope, and to choose to find God’s fingerprints everywhere.”

It’s so true, isn’t it?

My prayer for you today is that you would have the courage to believe. May you be able to let go of any bitterness or cynicism. And may God grant you eyes to see his hand at work in every aspect of your life.

Our prayer today has been passed down to us through the centuries. It was written by Alcuin of Tours sometime around the year 800. Let us pray:

Eternal Light, shine into our hearts.

Eternal Goodness, deliver us from evil.

Eternal Power, be our support.

Eternal Wisdom, scatter the darkness of our ignorance,

that with all our heart and mind and strength, we may seek your face,

and be brought by your infinite mercy to your holy presence;

through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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