And Gideon said to Him,

"Please Lord,

how can I save Israel?

Behold, my clan is

  the weakest in Manasseh,

and I am the least

  in my father's house."

And the Lord said to him,

   "But I will be with you."

               Judges 6. 15-16

(What gives us courage

       is Who goes with us.

God does not say,

    "You've got this."

            But He does.

He does not say,

     "Believe in yourself."

          But "Believe in Me."

He is our strength.

He is our courage.

And He changes our journey

   and our trajectory

in ways we cannot see

       from where we stand.

Don't even try to face it

            without Him.)

O LORD,

We are weak.

We are least.

And we know

     that we need You.

Go before us.

Go with us.

And grant us the courage

   to follow You,

no matter what we face.

And we all

     struggle with something.

Help us to stake our hearts

on Your promise,

      "But I will be with you."