Something Always Happens

 

And Moses said,

"This is the thing

that the LORD commanded

     you to do,

that the glory of the LORD

may appear to you."

           Leviticus 9. 6

(God does not demand.

       He commands.

Demand is to force.

Command is to invite us

           to join Him.

Demand is 

   an impersonal "Do this."

Command is an intimate

     "Follow Me."

Command means to appoint,

    to set up,

    to charge us with His purposes,

most of which we may never know,

  but to be faithful anyway.

When we respond to God's leading

in the familiar or unexpected,

   something always happens.

God covers it with His glory

    and reveals Himself to us,

often in unlikely, improbable,

    and unexplainable ways.

And others are impacted too.)

O LORD,

Thank You that You show us

   not just a way to go

            or what to do,

but You draw us to Yourself.

Appoint us, set it up,

   charge us not just

with stuff to do

   but to be

   in relationship with You.

Spread Your glory

     in thick layers

             over this day.

Help us to grasp Your Presence.

You do not just show up.  

    You reveal Yourself.

You are already here.