Unto you I lift up my eyes, O You who dwell in the heavens. (Psalm 123:1)
Father, we look to you.
Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the Lord our God, until he has mercy on us. (Psalm 123:2)
Jesus, we are your servants and we look to you. You have called us friends and we are awed by that. Please help us keep looking to you; thank you for your mercy on us.
Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us! For we are exceedingly filled with contempt. (Psalm 123:3)
Holy Spirit, the proud hold us in contempt; help us keep looking to you. Fill our minds with your truth.
Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorn of those who are at ease, with the contempt of the proud. (Psalm 123:4)
LORD, if it had not been for you who have been at our side when men rose up against your faithful people, they would have swallowed us alive when their wrath was kindled against us; we would have been overwhelmed. But blessed are you, O LORD our God who has not given us as prey to their teeth. Our soul has escaped as a bird from the snare of the fowler. Our help is in you, O LORD, who has made heaven and earth. (From Psalm 124)
A word received: Pray that I will raise up faithful witnesses throughout my church. Pray for my people that they will have a heart to go out into the harvest fields.
Tuesday: [120], 121, 122, 123; 2 Samuel 18:9-18; Acts 23:12-24; Mark 11:27-12:12
Wednesday: 119:145-176; 2 Samuel 18:19-23; Acts 23:23-35; Mark 12:13-27
Albany Intercessor
This was, of course, the foundational scripture and call to prayer for General Convention, and it now carries on into the strategy prayer for TECUSA for all who look for Jesus and his Word to be upheld.
Especially the crux of the end of vs 2, informed by the beginning of vs 2.
It was empowering to come back to it this morning in prayer.
I pray for a heart for the harvest.