WOV #776, “Be Thou My Vision”
Devotion
“Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart.” This opening line of this old Irish hymn has become a familiar prayer for me. The lectionary bible readings for this week challenge us to really look at our relationship with money, with wealth, with our stuff and to be honest with ourselves about how that impacts our relationship with God.
God wants to be first in our lives and wants us to live our lives out of God’s amazing love of Jesus Christ. We cannot do that out of our own strength. But we can pray. “Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart; naught be all else to save that thou art: then my best thought by day and by night, waking or sleeping thy presence my light.”
Prayer
Be our vision, amazing God of love and light. Be our wisdom and our way. Use your spirit to call us to you today and every day. Amen.