Let me not wander!

Lord, this is our desire.  To seek you with our whole hearts.  To be undivided.  We want no part of our inner lives to be against you.  We want the inner-shalom, the wholeness and peace arising from an uncorrupted mind.  To be wholly for God.  To be seeking him in all places and times, in every work and season.  And indeed, to find him too.

We proclaim it, we believe it––and yet we know our capacity to falter is ever around us.  So the second line is a prayer.  As quickly as intent is declared, reality is feared:  “Let me not wander!”  

Christian, God will sustain you.  Be dependent. Not too proud to ignore that even our boldest proclamations waver without the presence of God which can buttress a shaky foundation.  We need his guiding hand, his sustaining Spirit, his life-giving presence.  

God and Vinedresser to this limp branch, give me a heart to seek you, and let me not wander!