“Protect Me From Me”

Psalm 141 is a prayer of self-correction and refinement. In it, David prays that God would protect him from temptation; he prays that God would make him receptive to correction and difficult truth; essentially, David prays, “God, change my heart to match yours”. God wants to use the people around you—the people who report to you, the people who annoy you—to shape you into a person of character and competence. Will you allow God to do his work in you through them? To start, humble yourself and pray God, protect me from me.