Dear Lord,
Just as Moses didn’t want to journey to the promised land without You, neither do I.
When Moses complained about the crowd of stiff-necked people You called him to lead, You comforted him and told him that Your presence would go with him and that You would give him peace.
I too ask for Your presence and peace to go with me. Please!
It is good to be near You, Lord. No matter my crazy schedule, work politics, family dynamics, or the drama in my life, You are my safe place. I seek Your shelter and tell of all the wondrous things You have done.
I seek You because I am Your child. You have given me Your Holy Spirit. Your Spirit is inside me and calls back to You, “My dear Father!”
I am much like Your holy temple, for just as Your Spirit rested in the Holy of Holies, Your Holy Spirit rests in my heart. Because Your Spirit is alive inside me and because my salvation came at a great price, I must honor You with my body.
May Your Spirit always rest inside me, giving me peace, love, joy, and strength in my weakness. Your Spirit even intercedes for me when I don’t know what to pray.
Help me to make my heart a wonderful home for Your presence. Fill me to the brim.
In the name of Jesus, amen.
The LORD answered, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you peace.”
Exodus 33:14 GW
But as for me, it is good to be near God. I have made the Lord God my safe place. So I may tell of all the things You have done.
Psalm 73:28 NLV
Because you are God’s children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into us to call out, “Abba Father!”
Galatians 4:6 GW
Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.
1 Corinthians 6:19–20 NIV
At the same time the Spirit also helps us in our weakness, because we don’t know how to pray for what we need. But the Spirit intercedes along with our groans that cannot be expressed in words.
Romans 8:26 GW