God's face, in grace, shines on us. Echoing the beautiful priestly blessing found in Numbers 6, the Psalmist desires the Lord's countenance to shine upon His people. In May of 2021 David Platt penned a beautiful prayer based on this desire, and I am going to personalize it below. Our greatest need is to have God's face to shine upon us.
"God, I pray that Your face would shine upon us today. If I could just intercede for all believers right now, God, I pray that Your favor would be theirs, Your strength would be theirs, Your help would be theirs. Oh God shine upon us with Your mercy, with Your comfort. Shine upon us with Your wisdom. Shine upon us with Your power. Oh God, shine upon us with everything we need today.
May we live in the fullness of Your face shining upon us and may we know that this reality is ours through Jesus, that we don't have to earn Your face shining upon us, that this is a reality based on faith in Jesus, in Your salvation, that You have made this possible, Lord Jesus, for us. So may Your face shine upon me, us today and
God, we pray this. We pray this for more and more people, for people all around us, God, for people around the world. May Your face shine among the lost, lonely and despairing. We pray for the refugees who have been driven from their land. We lift up those hurting from recent loss where hurricanes, mudslides, tornadoes and other storms of nature have claimed lives, demolished homes and stolen hope. God, that they would know Your shining face, Your salvation. Lord we pray that for more and more people around us, that You would use us to share the gospel with them, even as we praise You for the reality of Your face shining upon us today. Help us to live today in light of that reality, knowing this is our greatest need for Your face to shine upon us."
In the lyrics from the song written by Deborah and Michael W. Smith, Lord we ask, would You shine on us.
"Lord, let Your light, light of Your face, Shine on us
Lord, let Your light, light of Your face, Shine on us
That we may be saved, That we may have life
To find our way in the darkest night
Let Your light shine on us
Lord, let Your grace, grace from Your hand, Fall on us
Lord, let Your grace, grace from Your hand, Fall on us
That we may be saved, That we may have life
To find our way in the darkest night
Let Your grace Fall on us
Lord, let Your love, love with no end, Come over us
Lord, let Your love, love with no end, Come over us
That we may be saved, That we may have life
To find our way in the darkest night
Let Your love come over us"
Prayer adapted from David Platt, radical.net/podcast/pray-the-word/God's-gracious-deliverance/Psalm-8019/ May 27, 2021
Shine On Us lyrics copyright BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc
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