Puritan Prayer

Below is a poem I read in a book of Puritan prayers entitled, The Valley of Vision. The prayers are incredible in their wording and longing for our Savior. They are powerful and full of deep thought and reflection on God.

My challenge is that you pray this prayer below, and if you cannot, why. This prayer challenged me. Can I truly say these words to God and mean them? Can you? I think we can, but it takes dedication and walking what the Scriptures tell us. I changed some of the Old English wording, so people do not ge stuck on the "Thee & Thou's" of the poem. Everything else is the same. Let this be your prayer today.

GOD'S CAUSE

SOVEREIGN GOD,

Your cause, not my own, engages my hear

and I appeal to you with greatest freedom
to set up Your kingdom in every place where Satan reigns;
Glorify Yourself and I shall rejoice,
for to bring honor to Your name is my sole desire.
I adore that You are God,
and long that others should know it, feel it
and rejoice in it.
O that all ment might love and praise You,
that You might have all glory from the intelligent world!
Let sinners be brought to You for Your name!
To the eye of reason everything respecting the conversion of others
is as dark as midnight,
But You can accomplish great things;

the cause is Yours,
and it is to Your glory that men should be saved.
Lord, use me as You will,
do with me what You want;
but, O, promote Your cause,
let Your kingdom come,
let Your blessed interest be advanced in this world!
O do You bring in great numbers to Jesus!
let me see that glorious day,
and give me to grasp for multitudes of souls;
let me be will to die to that end;
and while I live let me labor for You
to the utmost of my strength,
spending time profitably in this work,
both in health and in weakness.
It is Your cause and kingdom I long for, not my own.

O, answer my request!