Regardless of where you are in your spiritual journey, I pray that you might be always drawing closer to God. As I went for a run this morning a prayer written by Steve Taylor came to mind and I prayed as I ran.

In all of the activity of life: teaching, mentoring, preaching, planning, and writing, “I just want to know am I pulling people closer; I just want to be pulling them to You. I just want to stay angry at the evil. I just want to be hungry for the true. . . . Oh, search me Father and know my heart, try me and know my mind. And if there be any wicked way in me, pull me to the rock that is higher than than I.” May you always be drawing closer to God.

I Just Want To Know

(Words and Music by Steve Taylor) (Listen as you read the lyrics.)

Life’s too short for small talk
So don’t be talking trivia now
Excess baggage fills this plane
There’s more than we should ever allow
There’s engines stalling and good men falling
But I ain’t crawling away

I just wanna know
Am I pulling people closer?
I just wanna be pulling them to you
I just wanna stay angry at the evil
I just wanna be hungry for the true

Folks play follow the leader
But who’s the leader gonna obey?
Will his head get big when the toes get tapping?
I just wanna know are they catching what I say?
I’m a little too young to introspect
And I surely haven’t paid all my dues
But there’s bear traps lying in those woods
Most of them already been used

I just wanna know
Am I pulling people closer?
I just wanna be pulling them to you
I just wanna stay angry at the evil
I just wanna be hungry for the true

Search me, Father, and know my heart
Try me and know my mind
And if there be any wicked way in me
Pull me to the rock that is higher than I

I just wanna know
Am I pulling people closer?
I just wanna be pulling them to you
I just wanna stay angry at the evil
I just wanna be hungry for the true

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