O LORD God of Abraham,

    Isaac and Israel,

let it be known this day

that You are God in Israel,

and that I am Your servant,

and that I have done all

   these things at Your Word.

Answer me, O LORD,

answer me,

that this people may know

  that You , O LORD,

                  are God..."

           1 Kings 18. 36-37

(For what do we pray?

Telling God what to do

and when to do it?

Or coming before Him,

that He may be known.

God always answers

in His timing

and His unexpected ways,

not that we will be right

and esteemed

and get our way.

But by recognizing God,

others are pointed to Him.

It is God whom we follow.

It is He that we trust.)

O LORD,

As we persevere in prayer

 to You, Almighty One,

change our hearts

and that which we seek,

that we may seek You

   and not just an answer.

And in the praying,

we find something deeper,

that we may not have

          realized before,

that we did not even

          imagine.

And that would be You.

We ask above all

   to know You

and that You will be known.