Number one

Thus says the Lord: “Behold, what I have built I will break down, and what I have planted I will pluck up, that is, this whole land. And do you seek great things for yourself? Do not seek them; for behold, I will bring adversity on all flesh.”  Jeremiah 45:4-5

Dear God, it is so natural to seek great things,  so natural to look out for number one.  There it is, the root of the problem.  I am not number one.  Holy God, you know me better than I know myself, and love me anyway.  By your Spirit, grant me a clearer vision of just who you are.  Alpha and Omega.  First and the Last.  Number One.