I was no prophet,

nor a prophet's son,

but I was a herdsman

  and a dresser

  of sycamore figs.

But the LORD took me

from following the flock,

and the LORD said to me,

"Go prophesy

   to My people Israel."

            Amos 7. 14

(Nothing speaks

more convincingly

to an unbelieving people

than faithfulness to God

  wherever He

  strategically sets us,

in the most unlikely

             situations,

in the most unexpected

             places,

in how we work,

in what we do,

in how we respond.

Faithfulness to God

  is never insignificant,

no matter what form

       it may take,

nothing He cannot use

    for His glory,

    for our good,

for the restoration

   of this broken world.

There are no lowly jobs

   in His Kingdom,

but essential and eternal.

It is not just what

       faithfulness does,

but what faithfulness

    does in us.

Not marching orders,

    but "walking with Me.")

O LORD,

Assure, affirm, encourage

each one of us today,

wherever You have

   placed us for Your glory.

You are working

          powerfully,

even in what we

  cannot yet see.

Help us to be faithful

      to You

in whatever we do today,

even in our attitudes.