Prayer: Teach Us Sobering and Joyful Reality, 1/21/09
When we cannot reach you,
Are minds are paralyzed with our candy culture and cannot grasp your glory,
Therefore, grip us,
Grasp hold of us,
Don’t give up now my friend!
God isn’t giving up pursuing you!
How God uses you, you barely have a clue,
God wants to use you in your life and in your death,
Every ounce you give to God,
God will use to magnify Himself,
Every fiber that God grabs hold of,
He will see to it that His name is exalted,
And so I pray simply, God take hold of us!
Take and magnify!
I pray it with force,
I pray it with tears,
I pray it with a broken spirit,
And now, when I pray it again, I can no longer pray it with strength,
I now pray it in weakness,
It is where in your grace you would have me at this moment,
Oh the Jesus I love in the garden,
He prayed in weakness,
He prayed in exhaustion,
He persevered faithfully until he proclaimed, “It is finished!”
Our Suffering Servant broken for us,
Yom Kippur now in the flesh,
The Day of Atonement in the most vivid of all displays,
Not two animals, just one sinless spotless lamb,
Jesus, my propitiation for my sins,
You diverted the wrath due to me,
You appeased the wrath of God who’s anger burned against me,
Your sacrifice satisfies the bloodthirsty God who required payment,
You became my substitute,
Your blood is the blood smeared on the door,
The angel of death passes over my soul,
Jesus, my expiation for my sins,
Jesus, the scapegoat sent away into the wilderness,
You cleansed your bride,
You dress me now in white,
Isaac carried his timber,
But you had Abraham spare us son,
But your son carried his plank across his pulverized back,
And you Father did not spare your son,
Oh God how you have suffered for humanity!
Oh Holy Spirit how you continue to grieve!
Lord, teach us today…
Teach us today.
Nick, if these prayers are being composed by you, commendations are due. In either event, they are inspiring and thought provoking. Keep up your good work.
Thank you, Nick…this is exactly what I needed to “hear” this morning. The Holy Spirit is obviously moving within you and working through you, and I am praising God for that! God’s strength is manifested in our weaknesses.
@ Tom,
Yes I write all the prayers found on priorityjesus unless otherwise noted.
This one was especially painful and sobbed and shook at various points when writing it. Prayers that are meaningful awaken the soul, and press the emotions. God deals with me and it’s always a delight, whether in disciplinary action or in other teaching. Christianity depletes the follower of all emotional resources in prayer, or so I’m learning.
@Ann,
How right you are, “God’s strength is manifested in our weaknesses.”