And David said,

"God has broken through my enemies

by my hand

                like a bursting flood."

Therefore the name of that place

    is called Baal-perazim.

                     1 Chronicles 14. 11

(This is one of my favorite verses.

Baal-perazim literally means

       the Lord of breaking through.

God breaks through our fears

             and the overwhelming

and reveals His Presence with us.

God specializes

           in impossible situations

and releases His glory all over them.

If we are only waiting

                for God to show up,

    we are the ones late for the party.

God has already gone before us.

Are we willing

             to follow Him into it?

Or to trust Him in this?

This is not the end of the story,

    but only the exciting part.)

O LORD,

Help us to trust You

in the ordinary

         and in the crisis.

Help us to realize

                that trusting You

   radically changes

   the journey and the outcome

       because we recognize

                not our own greatness,

           but Yours.

Nothing can remain the same

             in Your Presence.

You are not about to

          abandon us now.

But hold us even tighter.