Daily Devotion

“Our lives are a process of learning how to return our lives to God; in this process of returning, we discover that life has never truly belonged to us.”

Henri Nouwen · The Prodigal Son's Homecoming

Scripture

Psalm 31:5 I commit my spirit into your hands; you have redeemed me, O LORD, faithful God.

Reflection

We often believe that life belongs to ourselves, striving to plan, control, and prove our worth, only to become weary and uneasy as a result. The poet's declaration of surrendering his soul to God is not an escape from reality, but an admission that true sovereignty does not reside within us. Henry Noven reminds me that rest comes from "returning," not clinging. Only when I am willing to let go of my anxiety about the end of my life and return it to the honest God do I discover that I have always been redeemed and upheld.