Prayer to Be Still

I often journal my prayers, but I've been neglecting to share them here on the blog. I'm hoping to get more regular in sharing some of these prayers with you.

God help me to not fear,
though the earth gives way
and the mountains fall into the sea.
Help me to trust in you God
in every circumstance.
Increase my faith.

God, if you are within me,
I will not fall.
Nations are in uproar.
You lift Your voice,
and the earth melts.
You bring desolations on the earth.

God, let nothing hinder
your people from loving You.
It is amidst destruction and war
that you say,

"Be still and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations.
I will be exalted in all the earth."

We can be still
because we know that there is an end.
You WILL be exalted.

How can I live with this as the vision?
How can I live so that You will be exalted?

I need to be still.
I need to trust You.
I need to know You
to know You as GOD.

I can claim to know someone
without knowing all their sides.
God I want to know You fully,
as You know me.

THE LORD ALMIGHTY IS WITH US.
THE GOD OF JACOB IS OUR FORTRESS.

23 October 2005