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There is something in all of us that always wants the next thing — a bigger platform, a better opportunity, deeper friendships, or a breakthrough we've been waiting on for years. But what if God is not withholding those things because He's slow to answer, but because He's waiting to see what we're doing with what He already gave us? This devotional and prayer are going to walk us through one of the most honest and necessary conversations we can have with God — the one where we stop reaching for more and start taking a real look at what's already in our hands, and why that conversation might be the most important prayer we pray this year.
Short Devotional
There is a story Jesus told about a master who gave his servants money to manage while he was away. He didn't give them all the same amount — he gave each one what they could handle. When he came back, he didn't ask them how much they wished they had. He looked at what they did with what they were given. That's a picture that should stop us in our tracks, because most of us are living like the servant who buried his portion — not out of laziness, but out of fear, distraction, or simply forgetting that what we have was given to us for a purpose. The gift sitting unused in your hands right now — the relationship you've neglected, the talent you keep saying you'll develop later, the responsibility you've been half-committed to — God is watching what you do with it.
The hard truth is that many of our prayers for "more" are really just a way of avoiding accountability for what we already have. It's easier to ask God for a better marriage than to do the daily, unsexy work of being a faithful partner in the one we're in. It's easier to pray for more meaningful friendships than to show up fully for the ones already in our lives. God is not looking for the most talented or the most gifted. He is looking for the most faithful. And faithfulness always starts right where we are, with exactly what we have, today.
Let's Pray
Heavenly Father,
Thank You for being present with me right now, in this moment, exactly as I am.
I come to You not with a list of things I need, but with an honest heart that is ready to look at what I already have.
Forgive me for the times I have rushed past what You placed in my hands because I was too busy reaching for something bigger.
Forgive me for the prayers that were more about comfort and convenience than faithfulness and commitment.
Help me to see clearly the gifts, relationships, and responsibilities You have already trusted me with.
Show me where I have been careless, distracted, or half-hearted with the very things You carefully placed in my life.
Give me the courage to stop running from the assignment in front of me and the strength to show up for it fully, even when it is hard and no one is watching.
I believe that when I am faithful in the small things, You will take care of the rest. I trust that Your timing is always right and Your plan for my life is good.
I pray this with confidence, in the name of Jesus. Amen.
Journaling Prompts
The honest inventory: If God were to look at the gifts, relationships, and responsibilities He has already placed in your life, what would He find? Are they being cared for, or have they been put on a shelf while you wait for something better?
The comparison trap: Have you ever looked at someone else's gifts, opportunities, or life and felt like God shortchanged you? How has that feeling affected the way you manage what He actually gave you?
The buried thing: Is there something God gave you — a talent, a calling, a relationship — that you have quietly given up on or stopped investing in? What made you stop, and what would it look like to pick it back up?
The next step: If you stopped asking God for more for the next 30 days and focused entirely on being faithful with what you already have, what is the one specific thing you would do differently starting tomorrow?
God is not holding back on us — He is watching over us, waiting to see what we will do with what He has already trusted us with. The breakthrough many of us have been praying for may not be a new opportunity at all, but a deeper faithfulness in the one we already have. There is so much more to uncover as we keep digging into what it truly means to live as people God can trust.
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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