Do you dare to pray such a prayer?

"Do anything, Lord, that will fit me to serve thee and to help my beloveds."

This is the prayer of Amy Carmichael, a missionary in India. And God answered her prayer by allowing her to become bedridden on that very day. For the following 20 years, she wrote prose and poetry that made known her ministry in India to the the world.

Do you dare to pray such a prayer?

A question that is posed to me in my daily devotion.

Do I dare to pray such a prayer? What if God takes away my life in exchange for a friend's soul? What if He allows tragedies to happen just to fit me into His Army? How would I know what is in His mind when I make such prayer? To trust God is to remove all the fears of What ifs and surrender all that I am into His hand. To trust God is to subject to His sovereignty and His will even though I could not comprehend His ways. To trust God is to place my faith in Him by following His plan for me even when I have no idea where He is heading. To trust God is to know that He is there always. To trust God is to talk to Him every day and let Him be my Guide and my Shepherd.

To trust God is to tell Him right at this moment:

Father, do anything that will fit me to serve You and to help my friends and family, and those who need Your love out there in the world.

Do you trust Him?

I do.