Prayer from Job 42:1-6

Heavenly Father, I long to see You in the way Job did.  Though our minds can be full of You, it's not through our minds that we reach You.  It's Your grace.  Allow me to know when I'm trying to speak of You without truly knowing You.  

Job 42:3, Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wornderful for me to know.  

Father, help me to listen.  You are the greatest listener there is and have set a high bar.  I have so much to learn from You.  It's by Your grace I will hear You speak.   

Job 42:4, You said, "Listen now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you shall answer me."

Father, may I behold Your presence in and around me.  May I realize the grace to be found in You.  May I come into this knowledge through Your Son Jesus.  Like Job, I believe if I see you it will lead to me despising myself.  I believe I will want to change my selfish ways for Your other-oriented love.  Help me today to repent of anything selfish in my life.  Help me repent of anything that blocks my growth in Your love.    

Job 42:5-6, My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you.  Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.

Amen