Desiring His Presence

Then he said to Him, “If Your Presence does not go with us, do not bring us up from here.”

—Exodus 33:15

Help us Lord, to be aware of Your presence, to desire above all things to be where you are, as is Your desire for us.

[Hebrews 13:5, John 17:24]

Knowing there is nowhere we can go to get away from You, help us not to hide from You. Open our eyes to the fullness of joy that it is to be in Your presence, and give us the desire and ability to abide there always. To seek to be where You are. To follow hard after You.

[Psalm 139:7, 16:11, 63:8; John 15:4]

When joy inevitably wanes, help us to pour out our hearts completely to You. Restore to us the joy of our salvation. Be to us a Rock to which we can continually come.

[Psalm 62:8, 51:12, 71:3]

Lord, Your nearness is our good. We have no good apart from You. To draw near to You is our need, and we need Your help both to will and to do as is Your good pleasure. We trust in You wholly and firmly to bring this to pass, for You are faithful.

[Psalm 73:28, 16:1; Philippians 2:13, 1 Thessalonians 5:24]

You died to make us able to enter Your presence without fear and without shame. Let us come to You gladly and in earnest. Let us come always and only in the precious and holy name of Jesus.

[Hebrews 10:20, 1 John 4:18, Hebrews 10:22]

Amen