Never Just For Someone Else

 

Answer me, O LORD,

answer me,

that this people may know

that You, O LORD,

             are God...

         1 Kings 18. 37

(In prayer, are we seeking

      a particular answer,

or are we seeking God

     in this situation?

What God unfolds

may not just be that

     others can see

     that He is God,

but we also know Him

    and trust Him more.

God's purposes

    are never singular

and never just

    for someone else.)

O LORD,

We come before You

  with our requests,

  and cries in the night,

  and our hearts.

Not that You would enter

   these circumstances,

but that we would recognize

   and witness

   that You are already here,

already working out

        Your sacred designs.

It's not about "answered prayer,"

but that Your glory

   gets all over everyone

and draws each one

  right into Your arms.