...and make the dry tree flourish.

                      Ezekiel 17. 24

(Rooted in Him,

    the LORD will bear fruit through you

        wherever He places you.

God is not limited

    by favorable circumstances.

Indeed, His most incredible work

thrives in the most impossible places.

Even here.

Even now.

Even in this).

He rebuked the Red Sea,

         and it became dry,

and He led them 

          through the deep

   as though through a desert.

So He saved them 

from the hand of the foe,

and delivered them

from the power of the enemy.

                      Psalm 106. 9-10

(No matter what overwhelms you,

     God leads you through.

Give me wisdom and grace, O LORD,

   to know how to navigate this day

       in a way that honors You).

In the morning,

the word of the LORD came to me,

"Son of man,

has not the house of Israel,

the rebellious house, said to you,

        "What are you doing?"

                                  Ezekiel 12. 9

(Walking with God

         will always look differently.

Live in such a way

  that others can't help

                  but ask why.

What is different about you?

         His embedded grace).

... to seize the hope

         set before us.

                  Hebrews 6. 18

(To seize the hope before us,

not the despair around us.

Because of Christ,

     life is very different).

Seek the LORD and His strength,

seek His Presence continually.

                           Psalm 105. 4

(Not just seeking an answer,

       nor a particular outcome,

nor an open door,

            but seeking the LORD.

God has something

              completely different

              already woven in place,

and that is always

       rooted in relationship with Him.)

    

...and you shall know

     that I am the LORD.

                  Ezekiel 6. 7

(This phrase is repeated 62 times

in the book of Ezekiel.

What does it take

       for me to realize that?)

...and the hand of the LORD

          was upon him there.

                         Ezekiel 1. 3

(Wherever God strategically

                   places us,

whenever we are responsive to Him.

No matter what appears as the outcome,

obedience to God always brings along

            an unexpected blessing,

    even what we may never see.

"We are called to be faithful,

           not successful."

                     --Mother Teresa)