No Need for a Backpack

 

And He said to them,

"When I sent you out

with no money bag

      or knapsack

      or sandals,

did you lack anything?"

They said,

         "Nothing."

             Luke 22. 35

(Where God guides,

           God provides,

whether that is a rain jacket

         or a sack lunch

         or courage

                 or compassion.

Turns out

   what we do lack

   is "Trusting Me in this."

Do not let fear

   take over the driver's seat.

Always the wrong direction,

always leaving us

     on the side of the road.

But when we trust Him,

God provides in

   unanticipated ways

   unusual places,

   and out of the blue.

And not just limited to stuff.

Look through your chronicle 

     of God's faithfulness.

Remember not just past tense

    how He pulled you through

    the tight places and

               narrow squeaks.

But present tense,

 He brings us to a deeper

     relationship with Him.

God provides His strength

   and fulfills His purposes.)

O LORD,

What have we lacked?

        Nothing.

And when we've reached

       the end of our rope,

    the dead end on our path,

    left in the forest alone,

that is when we realize

   You are right here with us.

You guide and You provide.

You keep up Your faithfulness.

Empower us

          to be faithful to You.

We don't know what we need

              for our journey today.

But that would be You.