Stay By Me

 

....for if you serve their gods,

it will surely be

      a snare to you.

              Exodus 23. 33

(Gonna trip you up,

   not just a maybe.

A snare is not what 

    we just happen to fall into,

but a trap designed to capture,

    ambush or entangle in a web.

The adversary's fundamental

     law of derailing us

         is "It doesn't matter."

But it always does.

Everyone worships something.

And worship cannot help 

         but change our appetites

and alter the trajectory

               of our lives.)

O LORD,

Please help us to keep our eyes

           on You.

It is Your face and Your grace

     that we seek.

Help us to not just follow You

         but listen as You tell us

            "Stay by Me."

Empower us to

     bind ourselves to You

and not be distracted

by what tries to

        pull us away from You.

May our worship be sincere

and our service mindful

    of our love for You.

And know that

   it all profoundly matters.