And he divided the 300 men

into three companies

and put trumpets

  into the hands of all of them

and empty jars,

  with torches inside the jars.

               Judges 7. 16

(How much are we willing

    to follow God and trust Him?

What in the world

          can God do with

   a trumpet and an empty jar?

Or what He can do with me

   in these difficult circumstances?

God specializes in

             impossible situations

to reveal His glory there.

Trust Me in this.)

O LORD,

We all struggle with something.

Be our strength

    even in these hard places.

Help us to come to You,

listen to You,

         and respond to You.

Even when all we have

     in our hands

     is a trumpet and an empty jar.

We cannot understand,

        but we can follow You.

You reveal.

You redeem.

You reign,

            even in this.