Robert Hawker: Piercing Heaven – Puritan’s Prayers

Glorious Traveler! I do know you, and I sometimes catch a sweet glimpse of you, and trace the footsteps of your grace—in your word, in your ordinances, and in the ways by which we can discover your presence.

Heavenly Stranger, you are not going to sleep in the street; I will take you home to my house, to my heart and soul. As you promised, you will eat with me, and I with you.

But Lord, while I share your bounty, help me always to remember where it comes from. And while I eat and drink, Lord, send portions to them for whom nothing is prepared.

We pray for your presence to be always in view at every supper, and the savor of your name to be like an ointment poured forth.

By your Spirit, direct our conversation to build up others, so we may talk of Jesus, while Jesus draws closer to us. At every supper, remind us of the supper of the Lord.

By faith, we will enjoy that marriage supper of the Lamb in heaven—at which we hope, before long, to sit down forever.

Amen.