God has made us, but just that fact alone doesn’t give us what we require in order to stand before him and to dwell with him. In this devotional prayer, Pastor Biebert reminds us that, in the words of Augustine, God must first give what he requires, and then he can require of us whatever he wishes.

Music Credit: Michael Praetorius, “La Canarie,” in _Terpsichore_ (Wolfenbüttel, 1612), no. 31.