Although this little prayer began to arrive early one morning, I didn’t finish it until almost midnight on the same day. As I wrestled with it, I felt in my bones that it wasn’t going to work. However, I didn’t give up on the original inspiration, and eventually today’s blog emerged. I wonder why the simplest prayers are so often the very hardest to write?
I searched everywhere, determined to find wisdom and to understand the reason for things (Ecclesiastes 7:25; NLT).
You are my reason for living:
Lord, may I seek you each day.
You are my reason for loving:
Lord, may I worship, and pray.
You are my reason for giving:
Lord, may I serve you in all.
You are my reason for dying:
Lord, I’ll rejoice when you call.
Anyone who wants to be my disciple must follow me, because my servants must be where I am. And the Father will honor anyone who serves me. Now my soul is deeply troubled. Should I pray, ‘Father, save me from this hour’? But this is the very reason I came! (John 12:26-7; NLT).
If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord (Romans 14:8; NIV).