...but the hill country

             shall be yours,

for though it is a forest,

you shall clear it and possess it

          to its farthest borders.

                    Joshua 17. 18

(What have we done

   with what God has granted us?

What little patch of ground,

                 of work,

                 of ministry,

                 of relationships,

has God placed in our care

    for His glory

    and to weave His name there?

Are we being faithful

  even in what doesn't appear to matter?

How has He called us not just to do,

                       but to be,

   in this little, insignificant,

           maybe bothersome,

           out of the way corner,

                task, problem or chore?

God does not call us to be successful,

or powerful,

or famous,

         but to be faithful to Him.

He is at work in eternal ways

   through divine appointments

   and sacred encounters

      that we don't see as such.)

O LORD,

Help us to get beyond asking

        why am I here?

And see this place, this work,

         even this difficulty

   as an opportunity to serve You.

Reveal to us Your day for us,

     even in what we don't understand,

and help us to be faithful to You.

There are no small obediences.

And what we see

               as an interruption

    is not an interruption to You.

May faithfulness to You

        produce Your fruit today.

Help us to see Your beauty

      even in what You have

             given us to do.