The Song That Never Ends

 

Fear not, O Zion,

   let not your hands

   grow weak.

The LORD your God

  is in your midst,

a Mighty One who will save.

He will rejoice over you

          with gladness.

He will quiet you

          by His love.

He will exult over you

    with loud singing.

         Zephaniah 3. 16-17

(How differently would we

    face this task before us

    if we knew

       God was not just in it,

   but God is with us,

   right here in our midst?

We desire circumstances

                     to change.

God desires to

               strengthen us

   by knowing Him more,

   right in middle

                of the hard stuff,

the impossible places where

    God's Presence and hand

    cannot be explained away.

For us not to run away or escape,

   but respond

           by trusting Him into it.

God is here with us,

   even in the hard stuff.

What does it take for us

   to realize that?

He sings over us,

"Fear not. 

 Right here with you.

 Keep working faithfully.

 I'll not just bring you through,

   but I'll bring the strength.")

O LORD,

Help us to trust You

        in the ordinary,

     to turn to You

        even in the familiar,

that we would know You

   even in the extraordinary.

Your fulfillment always

   encompasses the unexpected,

   but without fail,

         Your steadfast love

      woven seamlessly into it.

Go forth before us, O LORD,

         into Your day for us.

Sing Your name over us.

Sing Your Presence into it

       no matter the clamor,

that we may hear

and hum along

  Your song that never ends.