“Forgive me, O God, for the many times my heart has fallen down in wonder, worship and awe at things that are less than You.
Sometimes of my own volition, sometimes seemingly compelled from without, the end result is that I am painfully used to being impressed at things that are less than You.
Awaken my restless heart, Lord, to Yourself: Your infinite perfection, Your beautiful love, Your unique majesty.
The angels before Your throne avert their gaze from Your glory.
Moses took off his sandals.
The apostle John fell at Your feet as though dead.
Give me a sense of the honour due to You.
Enable me to think of You in Your perfect Godness, in ways that are more true to who You really are.
May that be one more step along the way, to that future day when You will let me see You as You really are, and permit me the honour of falling down before You, and laying all You have given me at Your feet.
In Jesus’ name. Amen.”
–Peter Sanlon, Simply God: Recovering the Classical Trinity (Downers Grove, IL: Inter-Varsity Press, 2014), 81.
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