Moses fled

and became an exile

in the land of Midian,

where he became 

   the father of two sons.

              Acts 7. 29

(This is part of Moses’ story

that we forget,

his forty years of personal exile

              and equipping.

May we use our wilderness 

     wisely and use it well.

God uses wilderness to bring us

    into deeper intimacy with Him.

We are going to need it.

Wilderness is not a 

     place of wandering 

     but of wonder,

not of barren exile and emptiness 

  but equipping and worship,

  growth and ripening,

the planting of big trees.

The LORD is in this place,

and we did not know it.)

O LORD,

You have placed us strategically 

in the sacredness of this day.

Please help us recognize 

   this holy ground

   even in what appears

         as wilderness 

         and rocky impossible soil.

Even in what looks unfruitful,

    help us to be faithful to You.

Help us to walk with You,

      to know You more,

even into what we cannot see

                from here.

We are not just here for a reason,

    but by Your design

    and for Your glory.

Even here.

Even in this.