A Devotion to the King

It doesn’t have to be long, and it doesn’t even have to be eloquent
You are more interested in the heart, than in the words

I love You oh my King
As best as I know how and as fully as I now can – I love You
I willingly give You my heart, my life, my soul, my mind, my strength
All that I am able to give.
Let Your love rain down on me
Let my love and devotion rise to You as a fragrant offering.
Let my days be lived in such a way that draws out Your Heart in desire
Let me live and move and have my being so that
You are moved to joy from my desire for You

Draw me even more
Have me even more
Oh God, even more
Teach me to love

Father, I long for You
I have tasted You and I have been with You
Now I can be satisfied with nothing else and nothing less.
The world tries so hard to imitate You
To imitate the Love that You so freely give
But there is no love, there is no rest...
There is no peace with the love the world promises
Father! Here I am!
Have me! Will You take me! Will You use me!
Come and rapture my heart.
Captivate and ransom my affections
Lay siege to the places in my heart that are not fully Yours
Raise the battlements and let loose the catapults
Let no time be lost on negotiating
Let no energy be spent on waiting for another resolution
Break in and break forth now
Write Your Name upon my heart and upon my soul and claim what it Yours
You make all things NEW!
So come and do a new work and a new affection
A new place in my heart for You
I am a willing vessel. I am a surrendered servant. I am a longing lover.
I give myself over to who You are.
Even More! Exceedingly and Abundantly!
Great and Mighty! More than Enough!

Father! Here is Your son and here is Your servant calling out for You
Would You answer love?
Would You answer Your son’s cry for depths of love with You?
Would You give me all of Yourself?
Just come.
I would do some great work for You. I would go on some great quest to prove my love. I would climb a foreign mountain and pick a rare flower if that is what You required. But You, You do not desire some great feat of strength and courage. You are God.

You say “Come Away with Me”
You say “Come and listen to My Heartbeat”
You say “Come and let Me hold you”
You say “Come and let Me show You love”
You say “My ways are not the ways of men”
You say “My paths and My thoughts are not the thoughts of mankind”
I desire mercy and not sacrifice.
I desire devotion more than great feats.
I desire you to just sit before Me and gaze at My beauty and let me love you.
Nothing more is required.
So come away with Me. Come away from that which glitters on this earth, come away from that which the earth says “this is love”. Come away with Me.
Come to the desert and let me speak kindly to you.
Come to the secret place and let me ravage your heart.
I would give all of Myself – but only to those who come away.
I would give everything that you desire – but it is reserved for those who love and choose Me above the things of this world.
Do not be swept away with money, do not be swept away with position or title, do not be swept away by status or things. Do not be swept away with that which is over quickly.
Answer a greater and a deeper call.
You say “I love You” – have you given yourself to the reading of My Word?
You say “I want to love you” – have you done what I said to do in My Scriptures?
Have you, would you – minister to the lonely, the broken, the orphan, and the widow?
Would you help the poor?
Would you go to the imprisoned?
Would you be my words of encouragement and comfort to those who are ready to give up?Would you preach My Word – here is life.

I say “Here I am, oh God.” Here I am, send me.
Let me love You and let me love Your people.

This is what it is to be a father – one, who protects, one who lifts up the brokenhearted, one who helps the needy, one who goes to those who cannot speak or fight for themselves.

Here is a ready heart. Here is a willing hand.
Here is one who would say “Oh God, have it all.”
I burn for You. Have me. Use me. Draw me. Take me.
Work in me. Speak through me. Help me.
I asked for intimacy and You answered by giving me trials that I would draw closer to You.
Still, I must have You! Even now, I must be with You!
You are all that I want and all that I desire!
Father, Oh King, Oh God – rapture my heart

Have all of me
You are no respecter of persons
I’m so in love with You, Jesus
Enflame my heart in Love
Arouse passion and desire in me to the heights of human capability
Let me close my eyes and be with You in the Throne Room
Let me live my life – never leaving the secret place
Make much of Yourself in me
Make much of Yourself in my life
Make much of Yourself through me
I want to waste my life to be with You
I want to pour out everything that I have and everything that I am
I want to have fixed gaze
I want to have single purpose
I want to be where You are
I want to do what You are doing

King and Master of my life
Commander of my soul
Lover who called me before the earth’s foundations were set
Wonderful One who is altogether lovely
Beautiful counselor
All I want is You. I want all of You
Will You give me all of You?
Take all of me. I hold nothing back for myself
Have my love, have my energy, have my resources, have my strength, have my time, have my sleep, have my heart, have my mind, have my thoughts, have my soul, have me.
Come, oh God.

You are Relentless
Your Love and Desire do not relent
There is no giving up and there is no giving in.
Come King and rend my heart
I give all that I am to You.
There is so much that I wish for and so much that I hope for
Oh King! I surrender. I hope in You.
I desire You. I do not even know what is the best path to take
I do not even know and cannot even see all that You have
I look and there is so much that I cannot see.

Living flame of Love come baptize me
All consuming fire – come now and consume even me
All consuming love – come now and burn
All consuming beauty – come and overtake me
There is no one better and there is nothing that I want more
Father, have mercy and grace on Your servant
Beauty, Arise!