Lord, in You there is divine wealth unimaginable. Riches of mercy wash over the self-inflicted wounds of sin. Love becomes a garment that covers the naked soul’s vulnerability. Compassion soothes the heart once wayward and alone. Jesus, Your power to cleanse the dirty, pardon the rebel, and forgive the sinner is what saves to the uttermost. With rich enthusiasm, You open Your arms to the repentant and believing. By the power of Your Spirit, the hardest heart is softened, the worst character made righteous. Where would we be without the richness of Your tender patience for our weaknesses? It is Your strength that lifts us up on eagle wings. Your sympathy allows us to come to the altar with confidence because the One who lives in us also intercedes for us. Without Your divine insight, I could never identify the foe without and the enemy within. Thank You, my Savior, that my troubles are not a burden to You. The riches of Your glory and the blessed promise of Your inheritance is worthy of all praise. May I never regard with indifference or turn away with disdain all that is known to me through the gospel. Under the blessed assurance of the Word of the Lord in Isaiah 40:30-31 and the authority of Christ, I bow in humble prayer of adoration.

Even youths grow tired and weary,
    and young men stumble and fall;
but those who hope in the Lord
    will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
    they will run and not grow weary,
    they will walk and not be faint.
Isaiah 40:30-31, NIV