disturb us, Lord...

I found this old prayer about a year ago and I remember it really struck a chord in me. It was one of the most honest and daring prayers I’d ever heard. At the time I was in a season of desperately clinging to what was comfortable and what was known… but my heart ached to be in a place where I could echo these words too. In true life fashion, I had forgotten about this prayer until last night when I randomly stumbled upon the paper I had written it down on. Reading it from the perspective of where I’m at now versus back then gives me hope… I find that now I’m finally ready to share in this plea for the Lord to disturb my little bubble and shatter my comforts in exchange for the adventure of following Jesus with reckless abandon. Thought I’d share it on here in hopes that it might resonate with others too…

Disturb us, Lord,

When we are too well pleased with ourselves,

When our dreams have come true

Because we dreamed too little,

When we arrived safely

Because we sailed too close to the shore.

Disturb us, Lord,

When with the abundance of things we possess

We have lost our thirst for the waters of life,

Having fallen in love with life

We have ceased to dream of eternity,

And in our efforts to build a new earth

We have allowed our vision of the new Heaven to dim.

Disturb us, Lord,

To dare more boldly,

To venture on wilder seas.

Where storm will show Your mastery,

Where losing sight of land, we shall find the stars.

We ask You to push back the horizons of our hopes,

And to push us in the future

In strength, courage, hope, and love.

This we ask in the name of our

Captain, who is Jesus Christ.

~Sir Francis Drake (1577)