
When I woke yesterday, I longed to return to the bliss I had experienced the morning before, but instead I was given this incredibly difficult prayer to write.
I thirst for God, the living God.
When can I go and stand before him?
(Psalm 42:2; NLT).
1. Spirit of the living God,
Please come to me each time I wake:
Lord, set my weary mind aflame,
So I can bless Your holy Name.
2. Spirit of God’s perfect peace,
Please come to me each time I wake:
Lord, intercede on my behalf,
And remedy my broken heart.
3. Spirit of God’s faithful love,
Please come to me each time I wake:
Lord, seek me every time I stray,
And heal my soul – please don’t delay.
4. Spirit of God’s light and truth,
Please come to me each time I wake:
Lord, take me to your dark abyss,
So I can worship You in bliss.
Thou makest me to know the path of life;
in Thy presence is fulness of joy,
in Thy right hand bliss for evermore.
(Psalm 16:11; JPS Tanakh 1917).
References
Verse 1:
He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire (Luke 3:16; NLT).
Bless the LORD, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless his holy name (Psalm 103:1; RSV).
Verse 2:
The Lord is peace (Judges 6:24; NLT).
I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart. And I will put my Spirit in you so that you will follow my decrees and be careful to obey my regulations (Ezekiel 36:26-7; NLT).
The Spirit [comes to us and] helps us in our weakness. We do not know what prayer to offer or how to offer it as we should, but the Spirit Himself [knows our need and at the right time] intercedes on our behalf with sighs and groanings too deep for words (Romans 8:26; AMP).
Verse 3:
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever (1 Chronicles 16:34; NLT).
The Son of Man came to seek and save those who are lost (Luke 19:10; NLT).
Verse 4:
God is light, and there is no darkness in him at all (1 John 1:5; NLT).
The Spirit is truth (1 John 5:6; NKJV).
The earth was without form or shape, with darkness over the abyss and a mighty wind sweeping over the waters (Genesis 1:2; NAB).
He spoke with a loud voice from the heart of the fire, surrounded by clouds and deep darkness (Deuteronomy 5:22; NLT).
Moses approached the thick darkness where God was (Exodus 20:21; NLT).
I will give you the treasures of darkness and riches from secret places so that you may know that I am the Lord (Isaiah 45:3; CSB).
He who formed us…is God, who has given us His Spirit as a pledge and foretaste of that bliss (2 Corinthians 5:5; WNT).