The Weakest, the Least, and the Unlikely

 

"Please, Lord,

     how can I save Israel?

Behold, my clan is the weakest

                 in Manasseh,

and I am the least

     in my father's house."

And the LORD said to him,

  "But I will be with you..."

             Judges 6. 15-16

(How in the world can I

   do this impossible task?

How many amazing experiences

   do we miss

   because we think God has

           the wrong person in mind?

    And that would be us.

Indeed, God always chooses

     the most unlikely people,

because those people know

    it is not in them

    but God Almighty working.

What has He placed before us

    today for His kingdom,

              for His glory,

    for His name all over it?

Hudson Taylor once said,

 "There are three stages

to every great work of God:

first it is impossible, then difficult,

               then done."

The strength of our lives

is not in this challenge before us

      but in His promise:

  "But I will be with you."

And that changes everything.)

O LORD,

Help us to ponder

   not the degree of difficulty,

but Your Presence with us.

Please grant Your courage to us

    to follow You right into this.

You bring the victory

   even in unlikely ways.

Help us to trust You every step

and navigate this differently

   because You are with us.

Open our eyes

   to both familiar and new

that we would traverse

   Your course through this.

And that we wouldn't

          miss the view.