Let It Be

 

And Mary said,

"Behold,

I am the servant of the Lord;

let it be to me,

according to Your word."

              Luke 1. 38

(What if we faced

   that which is before us

not just with that attitude,

    but with that kind of heart.

Let it be to me

    this opportunity to serve Him,

    these circumstances

       --ordinary or extraordinary--

that God has made possible

     to serve Him

and to worship Him

   through what we do

   even in the hard stuff.

This is not a chance situation,

   but for what God has

   equipped us

 to serve Him in unanticipated places

      and unusual ways.

Where is my heart in this?

      Before the Almighty.

What if we committed ourselves

   that decisively to

   this divine appointment?

Not in defeat or grumbling spirit,

     not with a "have to" attitude,

               but get to

for His glory, even in this.

We may not understand it at all,

     nor see the end of it,

but we can trust Him.

What is the one step today?

What is the one thing?

         To serve Him.)

O LORD,

Help us to see ourselves

   through the lens

           of serving You.

Guide our hearts

  that we would see

  something different in

what You have laid before us,

    not just in the gigantuan but

    obedience in the smallest details.

Because there are

       no insignificant acts

       of following You

   --only that which is eternal.

Thank You for trusting us

      with this opportunity.

Help us to trust You through it.

Not just "Let it be to me,"

  but Let it be to You.