More Than We Can Imagine or Pray For

 

 Then Jacob awoke 

 from his sleep and said, 

"Surely the LORD

    is in this place,

and I did not know it."

        Genesis 28. 16

We have no idea.

In the most unlikely,

unexpected, 

surprising places and situations,

    God is already here.

Past, present, future tense.

When we trust the LORD,

seek Him even in the midst

  of difficulties and strangeness,

follow Him one step

  and then another,

God reveals Himself to us.

Even in what we are 

   going through right now,

when it feels like we cannot breathe,

even when we cannot yet

    see His fingerprints,

God is already profoundly working.

God does what we cannot,

far more than we can imagine

    even know to pray for.

The LORD who is there 

       --who is right here-- whispers,

"I am with you. Do not be afraid."

O LORD,

Remind us daily,

even moment by moment,

that You are in this place

  and deep situations,

in so many ways

              we are unaware.

Assure us of Your Presence.

Help us to be faithful

  to what You have called us

in the familiar, strange,

awkward, and difficult.

Do Your mighty work, O God,

   even in ways and places,

    we don't realize.

Even in our hearts.