Totally Unaware of the Wonders

 

As for me,

I would seek God,

and to God would 

  I commit my cause,

who does great things

        and unsearchable,

marvelous things

    without number.

          Job 5. 8-9

My husband is backpacking

            in the majestic Tetons.

All he has to do is look up

              and be awed by the view,

        surpassing description.

But in the vast majority of things

 we encounter, accomplish,

or struggle with,

 we are totally unaware

   of the wonders, the great,

   and the marvelous

   that God has surrounded us. 

Some we might glimpse

        just a shadow.

Yet most extend far beyond our 

    limited comprehension.

May we remember 

   the eternal is unfolding

    and still being revealed.

We cannot yet know

  the ending of this story

  that God infuses with hope.

God is God,

     and we are not.

He carries us

  and covers us in what awes us,

and even in what 

          we cannot fathom.

Trust Me in this.

O LORD,

We seek not just

   Your unsearchable purposes,

or a finely tied up conclusions,

      but we seek You.

You reveal Yourself daily to us.

Open our eyes.

Make us aware.

Draw our attention

      not just to circumstances,

but to the eternal.

May we not seek

     great things for ourselves,

but for Your redeeming

      this broken world.

Guide our thoughts and prayers.

Align our hearts with Yours.

May we stand as a witness

   wherever You place us today

and speak of You.