A Wednesday Prayer

Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. (Psalms 100:3 NIV, emphasis mine)

How hard it is to keep that first sentence in perspective. More often than not, it is so difficult for us to imagine God, being the all Supreme Deity that He is, as a relational entity. We typically just imagine this divine celestial being a million miles away that we intellectually recognize to be God.

However, according to Dr. Strong, that “know” in Hebrew is not in the intellectual sense. He defines this as, “to ascertain by seeing, observing as is.” [1] Spiritually and emotionally it is crucial that we know, in the intellectual sense, that God is God, but the writer in the Psalm wants us to SEE God as God. Sometimes the weeds get too tall, and the noise gets too loud, so we lose perspective. Ask Him for a new perspective today.

Lord help me to know you, not just as God, but as my Father. Help me to know you as Jehovah Rophe, my Healer. Help me to know you as Jehovah Shalom, my Peace. Father remove anything that is keeping me from knowing you. Search me God. Show me anything that is keeping me from all you have for me. Show me the idols I have set up and give me the strength to leave them behind as I pursue all you have for me. Your Word says that you must become greater, and I must become less, you must increase, and I must decrease. Help me Father to lay down my attitude, my emotions, my predispositions, my comfort, my lusts, my desires, my thoughts, and my habits. Lord all I want is to know you. I love you, Father. In Jesus name, Amen.