Today’s prayer:

“God of truth and light, my sworn enemies – the world, my own flesh, and the devil – are not always obvious opponents. They are shifty prowlers, usually hidden and wickedly crafty. So make me wise to their schemes but mostly alert to your grace.

In Jesus’ name, amen”

Philip Reinders, Seeking God’s Face, p.523

I love how this prayer recognises the presence of sworn enemies ‘in my own flesh’. Ruthlessly honest. The problem is not just ‘them’, it’s also me. As Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn observed, the dividing line between good and evil runs down the centre of every human heart.

Thankfully, God’s grace in us in Jesus is greater than the shifty prowlers in the world.