Overwhelmed or Overtaken

 

And all these blessings

       shall come upon you

and overtake you,

   if you obey the voice

   of the LORD your God.

            Deuteronomy 28. 2

(It is not that if we align our hearts

          with His 

       that all will be easy,

but taking His hand

            as He walks with us through

    the broken and the bleak.

We experience these realities

    with a new strength.

We live an incredibly different life

     if we follow Him into it,

even in the midst of hardship,

   trouble, drought or pain.

God has strategically placed us

       to bring His name here.

We are not alone.  He is with us.

And blessings arrive

         in strange packaging.)

O LORD,

Overtake us!

Please help us to dwell with You,

even in the midst of

           this crazy world.

We seek not just Your blessings,

but that we would bless You

   and bless others

   in all that we do today,

 wherever You have guided us.

Open our hearts and eyes

  that we would be aware

                and equipped

   to bring Your blessing

   to impossible circumstances.

And trust You

     as You work Your wonders.