It Is Finished

The Giver

CREATOR, UPHOLDER and PROPRIETOR of ALL THINGS,

We cannot escape from thy presence

          and control,

     nor do we desire to do so.

Our privilege is to be under the agency

      of thy omnipotence,

    righteousness, wisdom, patience, mercy and grace;

For thou art Love with more than parental affection.

We admire the goodness,

     stand in awe of thy power,

     abase ourselves before thy purity.

It is the discovery of thy goodness alone that

          can banish our fear

          allure us into thy presence,

          help us to bewail and confess our sins.

We review our past guilt

     and are conscious of present unworthiness.

We bless thee that thy steadfast love and attributes

    are essential to our happiness and hope;

Thou hast witnessed to us thy grace and mercy

     in the bounties of nature,

     in the fullness of thy providence,

     in the revelations of Scripture,

     in the gift of thy Son,

     in the proclamation of the gospel.

Make us willing to be saved in thy own way,

     perceiving nothing in ourselves but all in Jesus.

Help us not only to receive him but to 

     walk in him,

     depend upon him,

     commune with him.

     follow him as dear children,

     imperfect, but still pressing forward,

     not complaining of labour, but valuing rest,

     not murmuring under trials, but thankful 

          for our state.

And by so doing let us silence the ignorance of foolish men.

~The Valley of Vision, A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions

(Emphasis mine)

John 19: 28-42