Overcoming the Overwhelming

 

Then Elisha took his cloak

and rolled it up

and struck the water,

and the water was parted

  to one side and to the other,

till the two of them could

      go over on dry ground.

               2 Kings 2. 8

(How can we approach and navigate

   these impossible passages,

   difficult situations,

   and places with no way through?

Like any other

we have practiced in the ordinary:

     bring it before the LORD,

listen, watch, wait

   for what God does with it

   and how He guides us through.

Not just that others will see

      that He is the LORD,

not just that we will know it too,

    but for His glory all over it.

God reveals Himself

        in one way

        or a million details.

Sometimes He brings

                   dry ground,

sometimes the strength

         to swim.)

O LORD,

We pray that You will

   overcome

what overwhelms us.

Reveal to us

     Your way in this,

     Your way through,

     Your strength

not just to endure,

but to bring Your glory here.

Open our eyes

      to see in the dark,

give us courage

      to wade in the deep,

align our hearts

            with Yours.