And the LORD

gave victory to David

    wherever he went.

              1 Chronicles 18. 6

(When we follow the LORD

    into the day

          into His ways in it,

victory comes in many sizes

   and in unexpected packages.

There are no small victories,

     nothing God cannot redeem.

Even in this).

Ever since 

       the creation of the world,

     His invisible nature, namely,

His eternal power and deity,

have been clearly perceived

in the things 

          that have been made.

                    Romans 1. 20

(Where do you think

     the awe and the wonder

                    come from?

Creation is only one of the ways

    God reveals Himself to us).

...and David said,

"God has broken through

my enemies by my hand

     like a bursting flood."

Therefore the name of the place

    is called Baal-perazim.

                1 Chronicles 14. 11

(Which literally means in Hebrew,

the "Lord of breaking through."

He still is

the Lord of breaking through 

    whatever overwhelms me,

  even in this impossible situation.

The most important first step

appears in verse 10:

"And David inquired of God..."

First response, 

             not last resort.)

For your God

          helps you.

         1 Chronicles 12. 18

(A daily reminder 

that I can respond differently,

even in this,

because God helps me.

Practicing His presence

      in the every days,

learning how to

      "Trust Me in this."

"If we do not do the running 

steadily in the little ways,

we shall do nothing

           in the crisis."

   -- Oswald Chambers

    My Utmost for His Highest)

...for upon them

lay the duty of watching...

             1 Chronicles 9. 27

(Don't miss God in this.

Watching,

waiting,

listening,

expecting,

responding 

   are never passive.

Live  and pray

on the edge

        of your seat).

We sailed slowly

for a number of days,

and arrived 

     with difficulty...

             Acts 27. 7

(God's hand and shield,

         even in that,

not the prevailing winds,

    but His purposes.

God does not just have

      "a reason for it,"

but you in it,

by His design

     and for His glory).

   

...when the LORD sent

Judah and Jerusalem 

                 into exile 

by the hand

         of Nebuchadnezzar.

              1 Chronicles 6. 15

(Not where I choose to be,

even then,

even there,

        God is at work.

There really is 

   no place of exile.

We are each

strategically positioned 

    for His purposes,

even when,

maybe especially when,

     we cannot understand.

"Seek Me in this.")