I want you, Lord.

 I Want You, Lord

I want You, Lord.

Not as an addition to the life I’ve made,

But as the life itself,for which my life was laid.

Not as a solution to a momentary need,

But as the deepest hunger to which my soul must heed.

I want You more than answers, more than comfort, more than peace,

More than every other blessing that from Your hand may cease.

For if I had ten thousand worlds,and You were not inside,

They would be a hollow desert where my soul could not abide.

You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you... (Psalm 63:1)

I want Your nearness, not just Your far-off throne.

I want to know by spirit what my flesh has never known.

I want the conversation that begins before my prayer,

The settled,sweet awareness that You are always there.

I want Your "yes," Your "no," Your "wait," Your "go."

I want my will dissolved in Yours,my weakness made Your show.

I want to love what You love,hate what You despise,

To see the world through mercy,through Your own holy eyes.

Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you. (Psalm 73:25)

This wanting is a gift—a holy, burning ache,

A grace that pulls me from the shallow to the deep,wide lake.

For You have planted this desire;You will satisfy its call.

In wanting You,I find I have, indeed, my All in All.

So here I am. A wanting heart. A vessel, empty, clean.

Come,Lord Jesus, be my passion, my reality, my dream.

I want You.

Only You.

Forever.

Amen.