In that night

God appeared to Solomon,

and said to him,

"Ask what

        I shall give you."

        2 Chronicles 1. 7

(God comes before

        each one of us daily

and asks us the same.

How do we respond?

Do we respond at all?

Do we recognize

    that God is in this place,

    this situation,

    these choices that we make?

What is foremost on my heart?

Of what have I asked God:

     for stuff,

     for a prescribed answer,

or seeking Him in this day?

Where we go,

what we do,

how we respond to favor

       or to crisis,

depends if we run with Him

     on the most ordinary days.

What or Whom

     I have placed before me

determines my path

and how I answer Him.)

O LORD,

We come before you

             in worship,

    seeking You

            in all these things.

Help us to be sensitive

        to what is eternal .

Help us to trust You

   for Your deeper purposes

and know that

           all we have is from You.

     All we have is You.

And Your Presence

    is not just all we need,

but spills over

       into everything about us.

Help us to approach this day

        with a different heart

that You will be glorified,

   even in ways we cannot see.

You come to the door of our hearts

              each morning,

waiting to run with us.

And there is nothing

           better than that.

   We don't run alone.

Soli Deo Gloria.