The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,
and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.
(Proverbs 9:10)

Our Great God,

You are the infinitely wise God, whose thoughts and ways are higher than ours, and yet You have revealed Yourself to us; You have come down to be among us in the person of Jesus Christ. You have shown us all we need to know You and love You and serve You and live this life to honour You. You know what is for our good, You know what is best - and so often, we don’t know it for ourselves.

It was in a moment when we didn’t fear You, Lord, that we made the most catastrophic choice imaginable. There in the garden, our first ancestors taking a bite from the fruit forbidden by You. They did not respect Your word or fear Your name. Every time we sin, we do not fear You, we do not respect You as we ought, and we love You less than these other things.

Lord, we repent.
Lord, forgive us.
Lord, change us.
Lord, cause us to have a right reverence
and love for You.

Lord, Your word tells us that You delight to give us wisdom when we ask. Lord, as we face COVID-19, as we go about our day-to-day lives, our daily decisions and major ones, the words we speak, the things we do, give us wisdom. Lord, first, give us a heart that sees You rightly, sees You high and lifted up and we weak and humble, dependent on You. Help us to see You rightly in order to see our world and lives rightly. With that, help us through each day.

We pray this in Jesus’ name,
Amen.

Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God!
How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!

“For who has known the mind of the Lord,
or who has been his counselor?”
“Or who has given a gift to him that he might be repaid?”
For from him and through him and to him are all things.
To him be glory forever. Amen.
(Romans 11:33-36)