Stay By Me

 

But You said,

I will surely do you good...

          Genesis 32. 12

(That is what trusting God

        is all about:

knowing, believing,

staking our lives

    not on a particular outcome,

but on God and His goodness,

even when circumstances

     might initially appear otherwise.

Trusting God reveals

   another way through,

sometimes in the most

         unexpected ways.

Stay by Me,

      He whispers to us,

through many a danger,

      toil and snare,

avoiding distractions,

and skirting potholes

  that could sink a ship.

God redeems the hard stuff.

He is forming

    something different in us.

He is revealing deeper

        dimensions of Himself,

that which we 

   desperately need to know.)

O LORD,

You surely do us good,

even when we don't understand.

But we can trust You

    inside and out,

knowing that You only work

     for our greater good

and for Your overriding glory.

Strengthen us even more

    not just to hang on,

but to hold tight to You.

Cover us with Your goodness,

    and saturate us

                   with Your grace.