Enlarge the place

       of your tent,

and let the curtains

       of your habitation

be stretched out...

          Isaiah 54. 2

(It is not that we live

in such a narrow, limiting,

    suffocating space,

but that we see it that way.

Think about ministry

    serving God

    and loving people

with a fresh vision.

Enlarging does not just mean

      bigger and louder

                    but deeper

     with eyes wide open.

God sees this situation

beyond what is on the surface.

God grants us a profound vision

in this time, place

       and among these people.

God strategically places us

        for His glory here.

Nothing ordinary in that.)

O LORD,

Your thoughts, O God,

are so much higher than ours.

Help us to follow You into this

   and not be distracted

by what we only see as ordinary.

Help us to seek You

       and listen now

to Your voice in this.

Help us not draw close

   the curtains of our habitation,

but let Your light in

   and to know that You dwell here.

Help us to not miss out

     on Your wonders and glory

                         all around us.