Guide us to your Holy Ground

 Amen. What a beautiful and profound prayer. To be guided to God's holy ground is to seek His manifest presence, a place of encounter, transformation, and reverence.

Here is a prayer and reflection on that theme:

A Prayer to Find Holy Ground

Lord God, You who spoke to Moses from the burning bush, and called the ground where he stood holy,

We ask You now: Guide us to Your holy ground.

· Guide our hearts away from the noise and distraction, and into the quiet space where You speak.

· Guide our feet from the paths of our own making, and onto the path that leads to Your presence.

· Open our eyes to see that any ground can become holy when You are there.

Where is Holy Ground?

· In His Presence: Holy ground is first and foremost wherever we consciously acknowledge God's presence. As He promised, "Where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them" (Matthew 18:20). In prayer, in worship, in quiet meditation—we are on holy ground.

· In His Word: As we read the Scriptures, we are standing on the holy ground of His revelation, hearing His voice speak across the ages.

· In Creation: "The whole earth is full of his glory" (Isaiah 6:3). A walk in the woods, a view of the mountains, or the vastness of the ocean can remind us that we are standing on the ground He created and called good.

· In Service: When we serve the least of these—the hungry, the thirsty, the stranger—we are serving Christ Himself (Matthew 25:40). In that moment, the floor of a soup kitchen or a hospital room becomes holy ground.

· In Surrender: Like Jacob at Bethel, we often find holy ground in our moments of struggle and surrender, when we finally yield to God and say, "Surely the Lord is in this place" (Genesis 28:16).

A Blessing for Your Journey

May you have the courage to take off the "sandals" of your own agendas, your haste, and your self-reliance, and to stand barefoot before Him in humility and awe. May you recognize His holy ground not as a distant destination, but as a reality available to you in this very moment, wherever you are, because God is with you.

Go in peace, seeking and standing on the holy ground He has prepared for you today.