Category: Approaching the Throne of Grace
O God my Father, You are Yahweh, the great I Am. You have no beginning and no end, You are the alpha and omega, the first and last, the everlasting and eternal Being. All things were created by You, through You, and for You. You exist by Your own power to exist. You were neither given birth, nor can Your life be taken away. You depend on no one and no thing. Were we given the divine attribute of omniscience for a fleeting moment, for an hour the ability to know and perceive all things, we would find that there is no time, place, or dimension of existence that does not find You present. You dwelled in perfection before the universe was created, and You have no future terminal point. You are eternally, I Am.
Holy Spirit of God, I ask You to teach me the grand significance that God lives forever. Please show me what that means. My desire is not simply to be able to pass a theological exam on the attributes of God; rather, I want to have the appropriate appreciation of, and response to, Your eternality. Lord, You are a rock, I am a vapor; teach me the difference. You have no birthday to celebrate, my days are winding down; teach me my transitoriness and Your infinitude. You do not change, I am not even the same person today that I was yesterday; teach me Your immutability and my capricious tendencies. O Holy Spirit of God, I beg You to teach me the grand significance that God lives forever.
Father, please grant me the proper response as You teach me these things. Cause me to worship, honor, and exalt You. Make Your eternal character unique in my thinking, so that I regard You as far superior to anyone or anything else. Although, You have bestowed upon me the special privilege to call You 'Abba!', still I do not want to regard You as though You have become like me or I have become like You. Your ways are still not my ways, neither are my thoughts like Yours.
Father, please, make Your name and character holy to me, that I would be humbled and You lifted high. Amen!