restoration

Psalm 40
For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.

1 I waited patiently for the LORD;
he turned to me and heard my cry.

2 He lifted me out of the slimy pit,
out of the mud and mire;
he set my feet on a rock
and gave me a firm place to stand.

3 He put a new song in my mouth,
a hymn of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear
and put their trust in the LORD.

4 Blessed is the man
who makes the LORD his trust,
who does not look to the proud,
to those who turn aside to false gods.

5 Many, O LORD my God,
are the wonders you have done.
The things you planned for us
no one can recount to you;
were I to speak and tell of them,
they would be too many to declare.

6 Sacrifice and offering you did not desire,
but my ears you have pierced;
burnt offerings and sin offerings
you did not require.

7 Then I said, "Here I am, I have come—
it is written about me in the scroll.

8 I desire to do your will, O my God;
your law is within my heart."

9 I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly;
I do not seal my lips,
as you know, O LORD.

10 I do not hide your righteousness in my heart;
I speak of your faithfulness and salvation.
I do not conceal your love and your truth
from the great assembly.

11 Do not withhold your mercy from me, O LORD;
may your love and your truth always protect me.

12 For troubles without number surround me;
my sins have overtaken me, and I cannot see.
They are more than the hairs of my head,
and my heart fails within me.

13 Be pleased, O LORD, to save me;
O LORD, come quickly to help me.

14 May all who seek to take my life
be put to shame and confusion;
may all who desire my ruin
be turned back in disgrace.

15 May those who say to me, "Aha! Aha!"
be appalled at their own shame.

16 But may all who seek you
rejoice and be glad in you;
may those who love your salvation always say,
"The LORD be exalted!"

17 Yet I am poor and needy;
may the Lord think of me.
You are my help and my deliverer;
O my God, do not delay.


Jesus, lover of my soul
Jesus, I will never let You go
You've taken me from the miry clay
You've set my feet upon the Rock, and now I know

I love You, I need You
Though my world may fall, I'll never let you go
My Saviour, my closest friend,
I will worship You until the very end!

Praise be to Jesus who hauls me up from selfishness!

I will find You when I seek You with all my heart
soul
mind
strength
Submission of my being in this search for Your enchantment
And so to enchant You with everything I say
am
think
create
With passion!
Passion is not in the expression of my self
Passion is not in the honour of what I can make of this world

Passion is
the joy of life
the truth behind love
Passion is
the exuberant hunt for persistently delighting in You.

I will find Passion in my heart where I find You.
In my heart
where I find You among my flaws
Passionately at work in the grimy corners of my sinful heart
Passionately cleansing me of my Self
again and again and again
Passionately replacing Me
with You.

Psalm 42

11 Why are you downcast, O my soul?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
for I will yet praise him.
my Savior and my God.

I praise You!
for you have heard me
for You are with me
You have come to restore me

If You are in me
I will not let You down
I can not let You down

If You are in me
How can I not delight in You?

Stay with me!
Stay and watch my life be lived passionately for You!

Hallelujah! Amen.