Being Attentive

 

If My people

who are called by My name

humble themselves

and pray

and seek My face

and turn from their wicked way,

then I will hear from heaven

and will forgive their sin

     and heal their land.

       2 Chronicles 7. 14

(If we choose to be

     called by His name,

   we should look and act

           differently.

Humble ourselves,

  not just justify our wrongdoing.

Pray not to our own desires,

  but to the Almighty.

Seek God foremost

   in every situation,

   even this difficulty today.

Being attentive to His way

   and His heart in this.

Turn,

   not keep on the same path,

same direction, pattern

                and practice.

Does anyone see

      His grace in us?

Or our willingness

        to seek Him?)

O LORD,

We walk into this day,

not just bearing Your name,

but in order that

  all the peoples of the earth

  may know Your name.

Align our hearts with Yours

    in all that we do, say,

    tackle, work out, approach

    and navigate today.

Give us Your strength

   to be a witness

            of Your grace,

courage to do what is right,

and the faithfulness

    to pray and seek You,

not just a way through

  but walking with You.