The LORD said to him,

"What is that

         in your hand?"

He said, "A staff."

        Exodus 4. 2

(How can I serve You

today, O LORD?

What has God given me,

how has He equipped me

and put right in my hands

         to serve Him?

Sometimes the extraordinary,

but most often

what we only see as ordinary.

Nothing is insignificant

        in God's sight.

God can use everything

and anything,

especially a willing heart.)

O LORD,

Help us to know

that You provide

the tools

and strength

and opportunity

to serve You.

Help us to know

that we need

a willing heart

and a mind set on You.

Please empower us

not to miss out

on what You are doing

through us,

even that which we

        cannot yet see.

May we stand firmly

       in the gaps

and at our stations

and be faithful to You

       in all we do.