Holy God:
All our lives we have been searching for you, seeking you, wanting to know who you are, what you want, what you are about. In moments we would never share, we have even entertained deep doubts. Many times, we’ve been confused--one person says one thing and another person says another. One passage of scripture seems one way and another passage seems so different.
It’s easy to feel lost. It’s easy to give up our search. It’s easy to let the darkness of this world encompass us. It’s easy to get distracted by the many diversions of this world, the multitude of competing interests that keep our minds and eyes occupied and divert us from keeping our eyes on you.
Long ago, those who lived in darkness saw a great light. The people around the Galilee saw the face of God in the face of Jesus. Pagan astrologers from the east were rewarded in their search for you when they saw the glory of God in the face of the Christ child.
So help us, holy God, to keep looking for you. Help us to see Jesus. Help us to know you heart and to have your heart as we encounter him. Help us to keep our gaze fixed on him, to let nothing distract us from following the light we have seen in him. Help us to share the light of Christ in a world full of folks like the Magi from the east--good people who are looking for you in all kinds of ways and places and need just a little help figuring out that Jesus Christ is the one they are looking for.
Merciful God, heal the sick, comfort those in difficulty, draw the lost to yourself. May your light shine in every dark corner of our hearts and our world.
Amen.
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