More than Here

“But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.”

II Corinthians 3:18

I lean on You

in the hour of my trial

I know You are still with me

I do not say that because I think it is what You want to hear

or what I think faith would say

I say it because I know

You are here

in my darkest hour

and deepest trial

You are the friend closer than a brother

and my faithful brother, I long for You

my closest friend, I am calling out for You

most precious companion

be near to me

in the hour of my confusion

in the moment of my troubling regret

be the hand upon my shoulder

be the river that runs deep

may my carpet be Your banqueting table

this place where I shed tears

make my soul Your swimming pool

may my heart be the fountain You dance within

Your presence

I need You here

Your changing, transforming presence

do not just be here

I need You more than near

be in me and changing me

transforming me from glory to glory

make my life Your reflection pool

my unveiled face

a window into Your glory

a glimpse into heaven that someone may into peer

Your glory in the face of Jesus Christ

my face a reflection of a heart that has been filled

make this darkness a bastion of Your glory

my ashes a garden of Your beauty

from my shame shine Your bright-gleaming likeness

may my life tell Your story

my broken life possess this treasure

in my earthen vessel, may You be here

but be more than near

be more than here

“For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.”

II Corinthians 4:6