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There is a quiet ache that lives inside a lot of successful people — one that money, promotions, and achievements simply cannot fix. This devotional and prayer are for anyone who has worked incredibly hard to build a life, only to reach a certain point and wonder why it still does not feel like enough. Understanding what God says about the real reason we are here could be the most important thing we ever sit down and think about — and that is exactly what we are going to explore together.
Short Devotional
Solomon — one of the wealthiest and most accomplished people who ever lived — looked back at everything he had built and called it "meaningless." He had projects, possessions, and achievements that most people only dream about, and yet none of it satisfied the deeper hunger in his heart. That is a story more people recognize today than they might be willing to admit, because outward success has a way of looking complete to everyone watching while feeling hollow to the person actually living it.
God never designed us to find our identity in a job title or our security in a bank balance. He created each of us with a specific purpose already prepared — not as a vague idea, but as a deliberate plan He put in place long before we ever took our first breath. The gap between the life we have built and the peace we were hoping it would bring is not a sign that we failed — it is an invitation to stop building our own plan and start walking into the one God already designed. That is exactly where this prayer begins.
Let's Pray
Heavenly Father,
Thank You for being with me right now. You see me — not just what I have built or achieved, but the real me, the one who sometimes feels empty even when everything looks good on the outside.
I confess that I have spent so much time chasing a success I defined, building a life with my own hands, forgetting to ask You what You had already prepared for me.
Your Word reminds me that I am Your handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works You prepared in advance.
That truth is hard to hold, especially when the world keeps telling me that more is never enough.
Forgive me for the moments I replaced Your purpose with my own ambition. Forgive me for measuring my worth by a salary or a title.
Today, I choose to lay those things at Your feet.
Show me the works You prepared for me before I was born. Give me the courage to follow You, even when it costs me comfort and security.
I believe Your plan is better than anything I could build on my own. Thank You for never giving up on me.
In the name of Jesus, Amen.
Journaling Prompts
If you stripped away your job title, your income, and your achievements, how would you describe who you are — and does that feel comfortable or unsettling?
Be honest with yourself: has financial security ever become more important to you than spiritual direction, and how has that quietly shown up in the choices you have made?
What is one area of your career or financial life where you have been making decisions based on what others expect of you, rather than what you believe God is calling you toward — and what would it look like to change that?
No matter where we are on the ladder of success, God's invitation is always the same — come back to the purpose He already designed for us. The fact that we are pausing to read, reflect, and pray is proof that something in us is still reaching for more than what the world has to offer.
Until next time,
May the Lord bless you and keep you;
May He make His face shine upon you;
And be gracious to you and give you peace.
God Bless!
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