God of Love,
I can feel a longing within me, a desire I believe you planted in my heart. It is a longing for the real abundant and eternal life you have given me in Jesus. It is a longing for a day when suffering is ended. It is a longing for reconciliation and peace with my sisters and brothers, for the healing of the nations. It is a longing for justice and righteousness for the things that are just wrong to be put right again. It is a longing for beauty – for the sights and sounds of the kingdom of God. I see glimpses and hear melodies of that kingdom right here and now. Most of all, God, I have a longing for you, to see your face, to be fully in your presence, to worship you with every fiber of my being, every word of my mouth, every action of my hands.
This longing in my soul is for the kingdom of God. I can see it happening around me already, but what I know is that there is a day… one day… when it will be realized in its fullness. Awaken in me a willingness to live by the practices of your kingdom. Use me in whatever way you can, or set me aside so that your will may be done, on earth as it is in heaven. My hope is in you and in your Son, Jesus Christ. Come, Lord Jesus. Return again and finish what you started. Amen.