The past two days I have been talking about how Scripture reveals what God has in mind for us to have a healthy, happy relationship with him. Augustine’s prayer below epitomizes this beautifully.
Lord I want to know you as you have known me. You are my strength. Dive deep into my soul and wash it out. Make it a good place without spot or wrinkle, a fine place for you to live. I hope for this and when I am thinking straight the very hope gives me joy.
O God, my soul is like a house too small for you to enter. I pray that you will enlarge it. It is in ruins, but I ask you to remake it. It contains much that you will not be pleased to see. This I know and I will not try to hide it. But who can rid it of these things? There is no one but you to whom I can say “If I have sinned unwittingly, absolve me. Keep me always as your servant” (Psalm 19.13-14).
–Confessions 10.2, 1.5
Often I have to meet Jesus and let Him dissolve me into Him. Not always easy, but the more I do it, the better it gets. It’s like getting completely submerged in water, and becoming the water itself. –Living Water, I guess!