The people of Israel

encamped before them

like two little

      flocks of goats,

but the Syrians

      filled the country.

And a man of God

came near and said

  to the king of Israel,

"Thus says the LORD...

I will give all this

   great multitude

   into your hand,

and you shall know

   that I am the LORD."

          1 Kings 20. 27-28

(In the overwhelming,

    God comes near

    and redeems

    in unexpected ways

    those who trust Him.

Scripture is filled

      with these accounts,

not that we would win

or be the best,

but that we would know

    who is the LORD,

and it is not us.

Odds have no power

      over the LORD,

indeed He turns them

           inside out.

Always has.

That we would know Him

and make Him known.)

O LORD,

You never promised

life to be easy

or our struggles few,

but that

You are with us,

and that You are God,

        even in this.

May we know You

a little more today.

It is not in us,

   but in You,

       Almighty One.

And to know that

You redeem

not just our circumstances,

        but our very lives.

Help us to approach

     our struggles differently

because we know You

and seek to

        make You known.

Nothing is wasted

    to bring You glory,

no detail too small,

no struggle too great.