We are in the season of Epiphany. It is about the revealing of God’s glory. It is the Lord manifesting his glory among his people and among the nations. This is a season I am praying for a fresh unfolding of God’s glory in this dark world.

Setting long term goals in study and prayer is difficult for me, but my wish over the next three years is to build my basic devotional life around the lectionary and reflect on the three year cycle of our church. My readings this week in Scripture reflect on the Second Sunday of Epiphany.

The Psalm is a deep prayer of mine as I think about the glory of the Lord being revealed. My heart has a longing that is awakened when I read these verses in Psalm 63:

¹ You, God, are my God,
    earnestly I seek you;
I thirst for you,
    my whole being longs for you,
in a dry and parched land
    where there is no water.

² I have seen you in the sanctuary
    and beheld your power and your glory.

Over the years I have camped in these verses with a deep crying out in my heart. And I come away with this though:

Nothing substitutes for the presence of God.