First Responders

 

....should not a people

    inquire of their God?

          Isaiah 8. 19

(We seek after a lot of things,

but have I asked God

                about this?

Am I putting my own plans,

and agendas and ideas

                 before Him

instead of listening

                 and responding

  as He lays His day

           before me?

When we pray,

when we read Scripture,

God does not just guide us.

He helps us to realize

        He is with us

   right here and right now.)

O LORD,

May we come to You

    in the early morning light

and pray, converse

         and walk with You

    through the day.

Help us to inquire of You.

First response,

         not last resort.

Please lay Your day

        before us.

Grant to us the wisdom

   and awareness

   to respond to You,

listening not for Your voice,

          but to Your voice.