Oh, The Places We'll Go

 

And the patriarchs,

     jealous of Joseph,

sold him into Egypt,

but God was with him

and rescued him out of

        all his afflictions

and gave him favor

and wisdom before Pharoah...

              Acts 7. 9-10

(Oh, the places we'll go,

so far beyond our understanding,

   but so deep in God's designs.

We are continually in training

   for ministry and for God's glory.

God redeems,

   even what we think is

                  irredeemable.

We can trust Him

    forward and backward.

God is bringing about

  something not just new

              but eternal.

He is with us, even in this.)

O LORD,

We trust You in the present tense,

    past tense and future.

That You are with us

  is not just our hope,

         but our strength.

Nothing random in this,

    but only eternal.

Please help us to be faithful

  even when we cannot

                   yet see

how You are using this

                for Your glory.