A prayer for trusting God with this week

Jesus, I’m stepping into this week aware of how quickly my heart wants to race ahead of You. I can feel the pull to plan, manage, anticipate, and prepare—trying to stay one step ahead of the unknown. I notice how easily I grip what feels uncertain and how tempting it is to believe that if I just think harder, work faster, or control more, I’ll feel steadier.

But I don’t want to carry this week that way.

I want to trust You with it.
Fully and completely.
I want to rid me of me so I can be full of You!

With the real, ordinary things I’m already holding:
• the conversation I’m rehearsing before it even happens
• the decision I keep delaying because I’m afraid of choosing wrong
• the tension I feel walking into a meeting, a relationship, or a hard week
• the outcome I keep trying to manage instead of surrender
• the quiet fear that if I don’t stay on top of everything, something will fall apart

I’m reminded that You don’t ask me to figure everything out before moving forward. You ask me to walk with You—one day, one moment, one small act of trust at a time.

So this week, I’m choosing to loosen my grip. To release what I can’t control. To stop mistaking urgency for importance. I don’t want to rush past Your presence trying to hold everything together when You are already holding me.

Help me trust You with this week—not because everything feels clear, but because You are faithful. Help me believe that peace grows when I release what was never mine to carry. And remind me, again and again, that I don’t walk into these days alone.

I’m here, Jesus.
Hands open.
Heart willing.