Does not the LORD

    go out before you?

            Judges 4. 14

(How do I navigate this

         differently,

how does my attitude

         change,

how do I see this

      from another angle,

how can I

      find a new path

      through a familiar thicket,

because I know

      God goes out before me?

Seek first the LORD,

    not the answer,

    not the outcome,

    not success,

               but God Himself.

God redeems,

God provides,

God is in this.

He has prepared our way.

He walks with us.)

O LORD,

You go before.

You have our backs.

You walk with us

   through the impossible

   and even what only appears

              as ordinary.

Your Presence makes

         everything different.

Align our hearts to Yours

that we would not just

          see Your hand,

but know You even more

  because we followed You

  not into the unknown

                or mystery,

      but into Your glory.