I stand here
dwarfed.
I cower before
the projected image of what you want me to be and discover
how minutely small I am by comparison.
Because of my own impurity, sinfulness, carnality, and selfishness,
I am a spiritual midget.
Surely I have grieved You, Lord.
What father
would not be, at the sight of a son whose growth processes
were seriously disturbed?
These faults, which induced this dwarfing process are all
mine, Lord.
I confess them.
You can conquer
sin in the flesh; so with limbs shriveled and stagnated,
I come for healing, yea, deliverance.
This monstrous
self-life deserves nothing but crucifixion. So be it.
Let it be dashed to death on the Cross.
Teach me to nourish myself from the daily supply of the
Spirit of Christ;
Let me learn to feed on Him, and thereby develop into the
measure of the stature of His fullness.
Enlarge this
shrunken heart...
Quicken these leaden feet...
Purge
this burning conscience...
Cleanse these leprous hands....
Wipe away the memory of so small, so petty a being as my
own tiny self.
Build a son,
Lord. One conformed fully to the image of Your own dear
Son, my Savior... Jesus.
From Pastor Hayford's book, "Moments
With Majesty" (c)1990 Multnomah Press
"Brethren,
having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living
way, which He consecrated for us..." Hebrews 10:19-20
Jack
Hayford Ministries
14800 Sherman Way, Van Nuys, CA 91405-2233
(800) 776-8180 * FAX: (818) 779-8411
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