One thing I ask from the LORD, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple. Psalm 27:4

This week our church is initiating 21 days of prayer, using Bob Sorge’s splendid little book, Reset.

It is the third time we’re going through the series of dedicated, focused prayer. It is exactly what I’m needing as a busy summer ends and fall peeks through the windows. I hear the invitation of the Holy Spirit spoken by the prophet Isaiah to “ Come and drink freely of the waters.” It is time for me to find Jesus at the well in the desert and be refreshed, restored and reset.

Yesterday’s word/focus/prayer was “desire.” King David ‘s singular desire repeatedly in the psalms was to seek the Lord and gaze upon HIm intimately. If we’re praying to be Holy Spirit reset, then first must come the desire to do so. It is more than saying “I want to. “I may want to spend 20 minutes in the secret place talking to Jesus, but then the phone rings, the dog’s into the chicken bones and, well the list goes on and on. The devil will do everything he can to keep us off kilter prayer wise, including giving us a false sense of our self-serving desire for God. As for me, my desire for the things of God has to be initiated by God! Hello. I can’t even do that on my own and it is very, very humbling. The position is me on my knees before a God who’s already waiting to hear.

When I realize I can’t dredge up “holy longing” out of emotions or head knowledge, I can stop pretending, admit I’m out of gas and lock up every other gas station. My first prayer is, “Father, grant me Your desire to desire You for the next three weeks. “ Awkward? Yes, but it is exquisitely freeing.

My secondary desire for this prayer reset is to pour out what the Lord pours into me. Often that’s to write. I’ve desperately needed a reset in this particular area – and so my heart’s desire is to blog throughout Reset as the Spirit blows through and move me.

This is my desire, to honor You,
Lord, with all my heart I worship You. Hillsong