Have you not known? Have you not heard?

The LORD is the everlasting God,

   the Creator of the ends of the earth.

He does not faint or grow weary,

His understanding is unsearchable.

He gives power to the faint,

and to him who has not might

          He increases strength.

Even youths shall faint and be weary,

   and young men shall fall exhausted;

but they who wait for the LORD

          shall renew their strength;

they shall mount up with wings like eagles,

they shall run and not be weary,

they shall walk and not faint.

                      Isaiah 40. 28-31

(Not that we have not known or heard,

      but have forgotten

that the LORD is our strength.

We are not alone.

         We walk with Him,

         we run with Him,

even in this wilderness,

   which is not so barren after all.

God brings His glory

       to the most unexpected places.

It is not that God changes the landscape,

    but opens our eyes and hearts

    to what is really here.

Nothing random at all.)

O LORD,

You are our strength.

Help us to never forget that.

May we run with You today

  and know we are not alone.

Sow Your glory in this place

    and through our work.

Help us to know that

   it is You

   who increases our strength.