3. I wait, alone, Lord,
Ready to share your dread.
4. I wait in darkness,
Ready to share your light.
References
1. Be silent before the Sovereign Lord (Zephaniah 1:7; NIV).
Jesus was filled with the joy of the Holy Spirit (Luke 10:21; NLT).
I have told you these things so that you will be filled with my joy. Yes, your joy will overflow! (John 15:11; NLT).
2. Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him (Psalm 37:7; NIV).
When Christ, who is your life, is revealed to the whole world, you will share in all his glory (Colossians 3:4; NLT).
3. When you pray, go away by yourself, shut the door behind you, and pray to your Father in private (Matthew 6:6; NLT).
Being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground (Luke 22:44; NIV).
If we are to share his glory, we must also share his suffering (Romans 8:17; NLT).
4. You have taken away my companions and my loved ones. Darkness is my closest friend (Psalm 88:18; NLT).
I am the light of the world. If you follow me, you won’t have to walk in darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life (John 8:12; NLT).
Though I sit in darkness, the Lord will be my light (Micah 7:8; NLT).
I long for the Lord more than sentries long for the dawn (Psalm 130:6; NLT).
1. I wait in silence,
Longing to hear your voice.
2. I wait in stillness,
Longing to share your life.
3. I wait, alone, Lord,
Longing to take your hand.
4. I wait in darkness,
Longing to see your light.
References
1. Be silent before the Sovereign Lord (Zephaniah 1:7; NIV).
After the fire [came] a still small voice (1 Kings 19:12; NKJV).
2. Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him (Psalm 37:7; NIV).
Through suffering, our bodies continue to share in the death of Jesus so that the life of Jesus may also be seen in our bodies (2 Corinthians 4:10; NLT).
3. When you pray, go away by yourself, shut the door behind you, and pray to your Father in private (Matthew 6:6; NLT).
I will take you by the hand (Isaiah 42:6; NLT).
4. Though I sit in darkness, the Lord will be my light (Micah 7:8; NLT).
1. Jesus, I love you.
My dear One, I love you so much.
2. I wish I could shout, Lord,
And sing at the top of my voice.
3. I wish I could beat out wild music
On drums, till they burst.
4. I wish I could run, Lord, and dance,
And turn cartwheels of joy.
5. I wish I could see you, embrace you,
And kiss your poor feet.
6. I wish I could cling to your hands,
As we weep for the world.
7. But I can do nothing alone,
So I long for your grace,
8. As I stumble in darkness, and silence, Lord,
Seeking your face.
References
1. I love you, Lord (Psalm 18:1; NLT).
2. Sing to him a new song; play skilfully and shout for joy (Psalm 33:3; NIV).
3. Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a hand-drum in her hand, and all the women went out after her with hand-drums and with dances (Exodus 15:20; NET).
4. David was dancing before the Lord with all his might (2 Samuel 6:14; NIV).
5. She knelt behind him at his feet, weeping. Her tears fell on his feet, and she wiped them off with her hair. Then she kept kissing his feet (Luke 7:38; NLT).
6. I cling to you; your strong right hand holds me securely (Psalm 63:8; NLT).
7. Without me you can do nothing (John 15:5; NKJV).
As a deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God (Psalm 42:1; NET).
He […] gives grace to the humble (Proverbs 3:34; NKJV).
8. Even at brightest noontime, we stumble as though it were dark (Isaiah 59:10; NLT).
Be silent before the Sovereign Lord (Zephaniah 1:7; NIV).
My heart says of you, “Seek his face!” Your face, Lord, I will seek (Psalm 27:8; NIV).
Now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face (1 Corinthians 13:12; KJV).
1. Here I am, Lord,
Waiting
In silence,
For your voice.
2. Here I am, Lord,
Waiting
In stillness,
Till you stir.
3. Here I am, Lord,
Waiting
All alone,
For your embrace.
4. Here I am, Lord,
Waiting
In the dark,
To see your face.
References
1. Here I am, Lord (Acts 9:10; NIV).
Be silent before the Sovereign Lord (Zephaniah 1:7; NIV).
After the fire [came] a still small voice (1 Kings 19:12; NKJV).
God speaks again and again, though people do not recognise it (Job 33:14; NLT).
2. Be still and know that I am God (Psalm 46:10; NIV).
An angel went down at a certain time into the pool and stirred up the water; then whoever stepped in first, after the stirring of the water, was made well of whatever disease he had (John 5:4; NKJV).
I am the Lord your God, who stirs up the sea (Isaiah 51:15; NLT).
The Lord is the one who shaped the mountains [and] stirs up the winds (Amos 4:13; NLT).
3. When you pray, go away by yourself, shut the door behind you, and pray to your Father in private (Matthew 6:6; NLT).
He returned home to his father. And while he was still a long way off, his father saw him coming. Filled with love and compassion, he ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him (Luke 15:20; NLT).
4. Jesus went up on a mountain to pray, and he prayed to God all night (Luke 6:12; NLT).
Draw near to God and he will draw near to you
(James 4:8; NKJV).
1. Lord,
In contemplation,
I watch my thoughts arise;
Wrapping them in love, I lay them down,
With soft goodbyes.
2. Lord,
In contemplation,
I watch my thinking fade,
Waiting, still and silent, as your glory
Is unveiled.
3. Lord,
In contemplation,
I watch my thinking cease;
Slowly coming closer, till we meet
In joy and peace.
4. Lord,
In contemplation,
I’m drawn into your gaze;
At last, our souls unite, and I am lost
In wordless praise.
References
1. When you pray, go away by yourself, shut the door behind you, and pray to your Father in private (Matthew 6:6; NLT).
Leave all iniquity behind you (Job 11:14; NLT).
He told them to take nothing for the journey except a walking stick (Mark 6:8; NLT).
They left everything and followed Jesus (Luke 5:11; NLT).
2. Wait patiently for the Lord (Psalm 27:14; NLT).
Be still and know that I am God (Psalm 46:10; NIV).
Be silent before the Sovereign Lord (Zephaniah 1:7; NIV).
We all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image (2 Colossians 3:18; NIV).
3. Draw near to God and he will draw near to you (James 4:8; NKJV).
While he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him (Luke 15:20; NIV).
4. The eyes of the Lord are on those who fear him, on those whose hope is in his unfailing love (Psalm 33:18; NIV).
Whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit (1 Corinthians 6:17; NIV).
We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans (Romans 8:26; NIV).
