Last night we had what we call a “watch of the Lord.” We give part of the night watch to the Lord, so we open up the church from 8 p.m. to midnight for prayer. The theme I had in my heart last night was “light.” There are different aspects of light and I reflected on a few of them last night.

There was a time of searching, a time of seeking the Lord for provision and healing, and a time of asking the Lord to shine his light in the darkness so those who are in darkness can come into his incredible light.

The searching is tough. All through Lent there is this component of searching and examination, so here I was again, for four hours, looking to the Lord. Of course, much of that time for me was spent with the Spirit probing me again. (There’s just a lot of junk to toss out right now!)

At one point I read the last part of Romans 6 and verse 13 became incredibly alive for me: “Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness.”

I needed this to impact me deeply, so I prostrated myself in the altar area of our church and simply prayed, “Lord, please take me. Take all of me. I need to offer up all of who I am, body and all, for your use. Here I am.”

Am I all his? Do I truly offer every part of my being, body and all, for his use?