The lord called me before my birth;
from within the womb he called me by name.
I replied, “But my work seems so useless!
I have spent my strength for nothing and to no purpose.
Yet I leave it all in the lord’s hand;
I will trust God for my reward.”
Then you will know that I am the lord.
Those who trust in me will never be put to shame.”
But I will reveal my name to my people, and they will come to know its power. Then at last they will recognize that I am the one who speaks to them.”

And we thought his troubles were a punishment from God,
a punishment for his own sins!
5But he was pierced for our rebellion,
crushed for our sins.
He was beaten so we could be whole.
He was whipped so we could be healed.
6All of us, like sheep, have strayed away.
We have left God’s paths to follow our own.

Lord God, May I understand how much you know and love me. May I place ALL of my life in your loving hands and TRUST you to care for my needs. Lord God, I surrender, I am so tired I cannot be thought of as a man, without your power driving me I am weak and broken. Rebuild me in your image and set me free of my past, may I live for you, with you.

In Jesus Name,
Amen