Majestic
Ultimate Authority
Fount of all Goodness
Righteous before the nations
Purveyor of Justice
Source of Love
these are some of your names, God
the names we call you
in order to capture something of who you are
in our limited human language
if only we could speak as the heavenly angels do
singing your praises around the mercy seat
bowing low at your throne
worshipping you hour by hour, day by day, year by year
in unbroken adoration
how can our devotion this hour compare?
How can we show our love and commitment to the one who gives us everything
from the blood pumping through our arteries
to this building in which we gather
and the landscape which surrounds us
what we can seem so small, so insignificant
compared to all you are, Lord God
yet we are blessed to be called children of the most high
we, as your little flock, are inheritors of the kingdom of God
this is amazing, your love and trust you have for us
may we hear this in our songs, our prayers
through our meditation on your Word, this hour
that our praise is to your honour and glory
Glorious Christ
send your glory to us this hour
that we may become peacemakers and peace givers
builders of the Kingdom
even as a seemingly little flock
beginning by seeking forgiveness
through acknowledging we have failed in thoughts, words and deeds.
In things we have done, in things we have failed to do
in things we have said, in things we have failed to say
humbly, we bring all of them before you, Christ Jesus
May we know, once more, we are set free from all our sins, all our burdens, all our failings
to be bearers of the kingdom of God
revealed through Christ Jesus
Amen