We have heard your request and we join you in bringing it before the Lord who sees all things done in secret and who desires truth in the inward parts.
You have asked that what is hidden might be revealed, that the taking of the glass from your kitchen and the missing blanket, plastic containers and jar might be brought to light, and that those things might be restored to you, whether by being returned or by being found again to be bought back. We pray with you to that end.
We ask the Lord to reveal the truth in His perfect wisdom and justice. As it is written, Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts, and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom. Man may conceal his hand, but nothing is hid from Him whose eyes are as a flame of fire. We pray that He who appeared of old and declared His everlasting love would now make His truth known, and that He would work in the heart of the one who has taken these things, bringing conviction of sin and a desire to do what is right.
We do not pray for vengeance, but for restoration and repentance. We ask that God would purge the conscience with hyssop, that the guilty might confess and find mercy, for he that confesseth his sin shall find mercy, and that the inward evil which leads to outward wrong might be cleansed by the blood of the Lamb. We pray that the Lord would put it upon that heart to return what was taken, to make restitution, and to walk in practical truth, with actions consistent and straightforward before God and man.
We also pray for you, that you may be kept in peace while you wait upon the Lord. Buy the truth and sell it not. Hold fast to that infallible Truth which God has revealed in His Word, that His justice is unimpeachable and His mercy is plenteous. He is able to restore what has been lost, for He has promised to restore the years which the locust hath eaten, and to give back in His own way the fruits of what has been consumed. Whether by the return of the very items or by His gracious provision in another form, we ask Him to supply your need and to quiet your spirit with trust in His providence.
May the Lord grant that truth be revealed, that wrong be made right, and that all hearts concerned be brought into greater conformity to Christ, who is Himself the Truth. We commend this matter to His faithful keeping, asking that His will be done and that His name be honoured in the revealing and in the restoring.
Our Father, we ask Thee to let truth come to light, to move upon the conscience of the one who has taken these goods, and to grant our brother or sister grace to see either their return or a righteous means to replace them, and to rest in Thy loving kindness and tender mercy, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
