Pray this Lazaroo with self-awareness:
“Do not refuse me.”
(1 Kings 2:16)
What do I think when somebody uses that line on me, Jesus?
I feel a little anxious.
If they’re afraid I’m going to turn down their request
it occurs to me that maybe I should.
Of course, as Adonijah was doing to Bathsheba
they’re saying it to set me up –
appealing to my desire to be liked, to be seen as a generous person.
On Bathsheba, it worked.
Open my eyes, LORD!
Don’t let that stuff work on me.
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Judges 3:19-23; 1 Samuel 23:20; 2 Samuel 14:1-4; Daniel 2:4-12; Daniel 3:9; Matthew 22:15-22; Acts 24:2-4