Lord Jesus, our prayer hymn doesn’t seem to offer us any middle ground. We either go all in or we don’t in being your disciples. And even the title of this hymn reminds us that the destination is not up for discussion. Where you lead us, we will follow and not the other way around.
Lead each of us today to walk with you and discover what it means to be the people you have called us to be. Lead us today to walk with you in building your kingdom here on earth. Lead us today to walk with you in shining your light to the people around us. Lead us today to walk with you in spreading joy and peace wherever we go. Lead us today to go all in and grow in what it means to be your faithful disciples.
And in this moment, you are leading us to pray for the many people who are on our church’s prayer list as well as others who are on our hearts and minds this day. Just as you are leading us, we pray that you would lead them to receive your healing, your guidance, your wisdom, your peace, your mercy, and your many blessings.
As we set our face to go with you to Jerusalem, remind us that even though it will lead us to your cross, it will also lead us to your empty tomb and to the good news of resurrection and new life.
Lord Jesus, unlike the three people in our Gospel reading this morning, may there be no ambiguity of what our decision will be today, and may it be, “Where you lead me, I will follow. Where you lead me, I will follow. Where you lead me, I will follow. And I’ll go with you, with you all the way.”
And it all starts with this prayer that you taught us to say together…
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
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