We Don't Know What To Do

 

Hezekiah received the letter

from the hand of the messengers

             and read it,

and Hezekiah went up

   to the house of the LORD

and spread it before the LORD...

             2 Kings 19. 4-5

First response:

  not defeated by despair,

  but reaching out in prayer.

Whatever the situation,

   spread it thick before God

 and pray about it,

every dimension,

prayer and layer,

spread it out,

     no holding back.

Each piece and plea is

   connected to another.

Praying opens 

         another door

and then that room

   leads to another portal.

Praying is the 

     deep stuff of abiding,

right where we dwell,

and we are nurtured by it.

O LORD,

We ask You today

to give us the courage

not just to follow You,

but how to do that 

       step by step,

     prayer by prayer,

approaching and navigating

   whatever is before us.

Provide us the strength

   and wisdom that go along

with being faithful to You. 

We don't know what to do,

but our eyes are upon You.

         2 Chronicles 20. 12

 

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