I Long For You, O God!

Leviticus 19: 2

... You must be holy because I, the Lord your God, am holy.

Psalm 42: 1-2

As the deer longs for streams of water, so I long for You, O God. I thirst for God, the living God. When can I go and stand before Him?

O my dear Father God in Heaven, You are so great, so powerful, so wise. Hide me, I pray, in the cleft of the rock and cover me with Your hand; keep me out of Your way as You work in the lives of those around me and the circumstances that surround us. 

Forgive my selfishness, and teach me to be aware of Your presence with me and Your arms around me; and of the people around me and the events transpiring around us. Cleanse me and use me so that I will think Your thoughts, not mine; that I would say Your words, not mine; that I would do Your works, not mine. Help me to consider others before myself.

Though I only take one or two tiny steps each day, hold my hand tightly and guide me through everything that is thrown at me each day, straight on Your path for me, that I not be knocked to the right or to the left.

And may all the honor and glory redound to You, my Lord and my God, as You have planned it all out and executed Your plan exactly as You wanted.

Even so, come, Lord Jesus!