How can I minister to you, what can I say, what can I do, that would honor you. That would bring you praise…above just lip service and religious obligation. When I grow tired of the pursuit…let me find my rest in the pursuit. Allow me the grace to vacation from pressing forward toward your upward call, by pressing forward to your upward call. Let my weariness from worship produce passion to praise…When I have done everything to stand and can no longer stand…let me stand therefore. In my moments of weakness when I long to partake of pretense, please provide your presence. Turn my need for entertainment, into a need to entertain your company and enter in to your fellowship. If I burn out…I know your fire will burn on. When I withdraw from you…give me withdrawals for you. When my flesh looks for a door to escape, give me escape to adore you much more. Hide me in your secret place where complacency cannot find me. I know I can run and not grow weary, but teach me to walk and not faint. When I excuse myself from you, give me another excuse to draw near. Why would we long to leave the oasis for the desert, to leave the castle of the king to beg for scraps in the street. Torch the bridges that bring backsliding, and remove the nets that make the fall from grace so painless. I long to pay the toll on the highway of holiness, to buy a one way ticket to the high call. To make no provision for the flesh to fulfill its lusts, If I look back I will find opportunity to return. If I leave a trail of bread crumbs I will find my way again to a life of crumbs. I never want to forget where you have brought me from, but I never want to remember the way back.
- John 3:30
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