W.E.A.V.E.: Turn

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Friday, November 9, 2007

Turn

“ 12 They have harps and lyres at their banquets,
tambourines and flutes and wine,
but they have no regard for the deeds of the LORD,
no respect for the work of his hands.
13 Therefore my people will go into exile
for lack of understanding;
their men of rank will die of hunger
and their masses will be parched with thirst.

I feel so sad. I’m distressed. What has been the cause of the turning of His face from His chosen people? What has given God reason to forget, to look away. I’m afraid. But its obvious isn’t it? Where is the fear? where is the understanding that is founded upon Him? Where is the worship? Where is the reverence? The bigness of God in our lives? Or have we just managed to fit Him into our schedules, along with the bills we need to pay, the projects we need to finish, the shows we want to catch, the Chinese takeaway that we have for lunch. Has our idea of God been one where He has been relegated to another agenda we need to carry out? Another person we need to thank and talk to? Has His Word become mere convenient sentences strung together, somehow used where we see fit? I stagger.

It takes an audit. For me, a daily one, an hourly one. I stand at the threshold of an exciting career, much beckoning. I tempted to jump right into, put in my hard yards, pay my dues, climb. But seriously, what’s the use of harps and lyres, tambourine and flute and wine when I don’t have the presence of God, When His face is turned away? It scares me.

Father,

Psalms 51

Cast me not away from Thy presence O Lord,
Take not Thy Holy Spirit from me,
Restore unto me, the Joy of Thy Salvation
And renew a right Spirit within me.

Father I humble myself, turning, I seek Your face. Cast me not away. Prepare a table before me in Your house. There I want to belong. In Your mercy, remind me, in Your faithfulness keep me in sight, in Your goodness, set a path, Your path before me. Eyes on You amidst the gold of the things around me, keep my eyes on You. Amen.

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