Draw Me, We Will Run

The Flame

This request, draw me, we will run after thee, is worth noticing precisely, because it names both dependence and response together, draw me, the initiative genuinely requested from another, and we will run, the eager, active response this drawing is trusted to actually produce, both held together in the same breath.

This is worth applying directly to whatever pursuit of God currently feels effortful, forced, or reluctant, rather than this eager running this verse describes as the natural outflow of being genuinely drawn. The request here is not primarily for more willpower to force yourself to run, but draw me, God’s own initiative sought first.

Notice more than wine, a specific, deliberate comparison, this love and remembrance named as exceeding even genuine, ordinary pleasure, worth holding as this whole book’s own aspiration, love for God that genuinely, actually exceeds whatever competing pleasures or attractions currently claim comparable, or greater, attention.

Whatever reluctant, forced quality currently characterizes your own pursuit of God, pray today this specific request. Draw me, and trust that genuine, eager running follows this drawing, not primarily through your own increased effort alone, but through his own initiative, sought first, producing this described, willing response.