There is a lot of information coming at us in our inboxes, our social media feeds, from our institutions, and our news sources. So in our prayers this week, we take a minute to acknowledge that the flood of information, as good as it can be, is not enough to transform our beings. We take a minute to confess to what we cannot see and ask for the Living God to touch our eyes in this season of a lot of information.
“That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched—this we proclaim concerning the Word of life.” 1 John 1:1
Father, Son and Holy Spirit,
Your work in this world reveals the truth. About You. And about us.
Oh God, open our eyes.
We can only testify to what we have seen, so move mightily to show us where You are in this moment. Lord, that we would see Jesus, even in the upheaval our communities in times of pandemic, economic uncertainty and racial reckoning long overdue. This is our need and prayer.
We confess that even when we think we are informed about race and reconciliation, we have blind spots.
We confess that even when we are well intentioned about welcoming the other, we have blind spots.
We confess that while we are passionate about many things, we have blind spots, like every other human.
We confess that we know will not see everything accurately or fully but that hasn’t kept us from announcing ourselves like we do.
And we confess that, individually and as the church, sometimes we even choose to keep our blind spots; it is easier than leaning into what we do not have to see.
The truth of our blind spots will cause unsettling in our hearts and our organizations. But you, Oh Lord, are the Lord of all unsettling, just as you are Lord of all peace. You are the Lord of Storm as much as you are of the still.
Call our attention in this week to the places we are not able to see by ourselves.
Lead us to the people in your body that will help fill in our blind spots.
Lead us to the action of repentance and restoration, knowing this is Your action in our hearts.
We testify to what we have seen with our eyes. Oh God, do a work in our eyes, that we might see and follow you truly in these days.
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