September 5, 2026
God is the Source
For Jesus, and for us, prayer provides the insight and affirmation that if we do anything that is worthwhile – teaching, healing, organizing, reforming, working for good – we can never claim it as our own achievement. Rather, we can acknowledge it as a gift of God, the result of which is in God’s hands. Prayer is the experience of knowing that God is the source of everything we claim as our own. To pray is to say with Jesus, “Not my will, but yours. Not my words, but yours. Not my worth, but yours. Not my glory, but yours. Not in my name, but in yours.”
Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain.
- Psalm 127: 1
Reflection Question: What achievements have you been claiming as your own - and how will you acknowledge them as a result of God’s hands?
