...and remain there

     until I tell you...

        Matthew 2. 13

(Not a time of complacency

       but of completion.

Why do we always think

         of God's guidance

         as an exit door?

God does not even say

               "shelter in place,"

but "be faithful in place."

Waiting for God

      until everything is ready,

      everything is ripe,

                including us.

God has strategically appointed us

    and placed us for His glory.

Even in the familiar,

    even what we see as ordinary,

He guides our hearts

              into the supernatural--

which is the only way He works.

Just watch

        what God does with this.)

O LORD,

Help us to abide in You

and know that we are

          divinely appointed

    and strategically placed

even in what only appears

               as wilderness,

    unlikely places,

    unexpected people,

       none of whom

       are even paying attention.

Help us to be faithful

      to what You have given us

      and where we are.

Shoes double-tied,

               hearts set on You,

   ready to pivot on a dime,

     or ready to stay the course.