You shall march around the city,

all the men of war

going around the city once.

Thus you shall do for six days...

On the seventh day

you shall march around the city

                    seven times,

and the priests shall

             blow their trumpets...

then all the people shall shout

                  with a great shout,

and the wall of the city

      will fall down.

                 Joshua 6. 3-5

(Have I prayed around this city,

this impossibility,

this difficult situation,

encompassing it with prayer

               or anxiety?

Listening to God,

praying and immersing in Scripture,

seeking Him, responding,

trusting Him even in the "little stuff,"

and being faithful in the ordinary,

   when it doesn't appear to matter,

is reflected in how we respond

                       in the crisis,

   when everything is at stake.

Trust Me in this.  Even this.

"If we do not do the running

   steadily in the little ways,

we shall do nothing

                in the crisis."

          --Oswald Chambers)

O LORD,

Break through our thoughts,

and preconceived notions,

and carefully crafted agendas,

and place on the radar of our hearts

          Your ways in this

        and the courage to follow You.

Align, O LORD, our hearts

                  with Yours.

Help us

  even in the first step

  of trusting You.