So often we see circumstances, but close our eyes and do not see Your hand at work. We fail to realize that nothing touches our lives without first having passed through You. "Ill that He blesses is for our good". The time of being laid aside is a time of being asked to "Come apart to a quiet place and rest", and to learn Your intimate lessons. If we can but awaken to this realization we will find restoration, power, and joy.
Forgive us for choosing instead to be overcome with sleep -- dull of heart and spirit, vision blurred, mind in a fog...Rouse us, O Lord! Help us understand that which is plentiful is not as valuable as that which is rare. We go through our day, our senses dulled by the plenty and asleep to Your still small voice. Grant us a desire and passion for that which is incomparable. May we press on to take hold of the truly rare -- Your Presence in the present.
May we grasp the truth that our salvation is nearer today than when we first believed. Clothe us in the light of Christ so that we may honor You and glorify Your name. O Lord, be gracious to us. Strengthen us each morning. Call us from our sleep! Be the stability of our times. As we trust in You may we experience Your rich, abundant life and share it freely with others! Grant us both wisdom and knowledge, precious and rare indeed in our world today.(2 Kings 22.21, Isaiah 33.2,6, 2 Esdras 7, Romans 13.11-14)
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