The Incredible Lord of Bursting Through

 

And David said,

"God has broken through

my enemies by my hand,

   like a bursting flood.

Therefore the name

of that place is called

   Baal-perazim.

       1 Chronicles 14. 11

(Baal-perazim in Hebrew

literally means

the Lord of breaking through.

And that is the God

          we worship,

not trusting in a

   change of circumstances

   but in Him.

God does not just show up.

He equips us for many

       years beforehand

through every experience

of following, responding

       and trusting Him.

God goes out before us

             and behind us.

We can trust Him

  backwards and forwards.

God bursts through

  our impenetrable walls

and all that is overwhelming.

He shows us

   a different way through.)

O LORD,

Please help us

     to know Your Presence

     in the situations we face.

Help us to turn to You first

  and follow You

        into Your purposes

    and designs

    and wonders.

Form Your strength in us.

Grant to us Your courage

   in the impossible.

Burst through, Almighty One,

  not just in what is visible

                but eternal.

May the sake 

         of Your holy name

    energize us.