And the LORD said to Gideon,

"With the 300 men

              who lapped,

   I will save you."

              Judges 7. 7

(Throughout the Bible,

God uses

       the most unlikely

in the most

   impossible situations

that His hand is evident,

that we would recognize Him,

that we would know Him more.

The Bible is not full of

                   information

     and extraordinary heroes,

but flooded with stories

       of transformation.

No one is ordinary

              in God's sight,

no one that He cannot use.)

O LORD,

You go before us.

It does not matter

    that the odds are against us,

because You

      always work against the odds.

And Your purposes

             always prevail,

even when we don't understand,

maybe particularly

            when we don't understand

            and are scared to death,

that we would know

                              You.

Strengthen, O LORD,

       our hearts into this day,

for Your Glory,

     in whatever we face today.