Do you know that the Lord is with you?
Happy are the people who know the joyful shout;
Lord, they walk in the light from your face. Psalm 89:15
Everpresent Father, Jesus Immanuel, Indwelling Spirit,
We confess,
we often walk through our days
forgetting your presence.
Re-orient us, we pray,
so that we may be aware of “the light from your face”
shining on us in every step we take,
in every place we go,
each day and every day,
all the days of our lives.
Help us to not only “set our minds on the things above” (Colossians 3:2),
but to see that you are “always before [us]” (Psalm 16:8),
that we are in Christ, and Christ is in us,
by the power of the Holy Spirit.
When we become so fully aware of your inescapable presence,
we will have peace in the midst of literal and metaphorical storms,
hope in the midst of disasters and diagnoses,
love in the midst of broken relationships,
joy in the midst of painful losses.
Walking in the light of your glory,
we will indeed shout joyfully;
we will indeed “spread the fragrance”
of your sweet aroma everywhere we go (2 Corinthians 2:14).
In the name of our Lord who came near to us we pray.
Amen.
Read Psalm 89; Colossians 3:2; Psalm 16:8; 2 Corinthians 2:14.
