For those who honor Me

      I will honor.

               1 Samuel 2. 30

(How can I honor God

    in what He has placed

    before me today?

What does honoring God look like

    in my work and relationships?

Faithfulness to God in all things 

                     is intentional,

   not just when it is convenient,

even when it is hard.

Even in this).

They named him Obed;

he was the father of Jesse,

the father of David.

                Ruth 4. 17

(Ruth had no idea

the significance of 

    her faithfulness to God,

even in her simplest actions.

If we only knew the impact

of responding to God's voice,

      we would never hesitate.

Even in this.

Nothing is insignificant

       in God's economy).

Seek the LORD

   and His strength,

seek His Presence 

                 continually.

               Psalm 105. 4

(Am I seeking the LORD 

       or just an answer?

God provides the unexpected 

       in unlikely ways

for purposes deeper

    than we can ever know).

And the people of Israel

       inquired of the LORD....

And the LORD said, 

                     "Go up..."

               Judges 20. 29

(Ask, listen, respond.

Learn to trust God

on the most ordinary days.

Know how to trust 

         in the impossible.

Inquiring of the LORD:

   first lesson

   in fruitfulness).

...to the place which

     You appointed for them.

                   Psalm 104. 8

(Divinely appointed

and faithful right where I am.

Even today.

Even in this).

...and manifested His Glory...

                        John 2. 11

(always the deeper purpose

     of obeying Him).

...and offered it 

upon the rock to the LORD,

    to Him who works wonders.

                  Judges 13. 19

(Now watch what 

     God does with it.

To Him 

   Who is working wonders

   in our lives.

Present tense.

Even today.

Even in what we may never see).