Psalm 123

“Psalm 123”

“I lift up my eyes to You,

To You whose throne is in heaven.

As the eyes of slaves

Look to the hand of their Master…

So our eyes look to the Lord our God,

Till He shows us His mercy.

Have mercy on us, O Lord

Have mercy on us…” (Psalm 123:1-3)

For we are a people of unclean hands

A people whose lips are dirty

We have wandered like sheep gone astray

And now, we want to be found

We have forgotten the sound of Your Shepherd voice

And have learned the tone of the world

We have acted on our own wants and needs

Forgetting that You stand ready to change them

To make them Your desires

Teach us what it means to delight ourselves in You

May Your ears be attentive to our cries for mercy

Our sin prevents our standing

We cannot stand in Your love

We cannot walk in Your way

Until we decide to turn around and run for You

In relentless pursuit of a pure, holy passion

Remind us Lord

Tell us who we are in You

Show us what You did for us

Oh God, pierce our hearts

In the same way the nails pierced Your Son

Let our hearts be broken

We want to feel again

We want to love again

Because You loved us first

Teach us to love in the same way

Let us free Your Holy Spirit within us

To reign in us…for always

Let us lift up our eyes to You

To You whose throne is in heaven

Acknowledging You as our Shepherd and King

May we lift up our faces absent of shame.

Wendy Mae Johnson

6-18-03