Well done,

      good and faithful servant;

you have been faithful over a little,

   I will set you over much.

                    Matthew 25. 21

(Faithfulness to God

      is never insignificant.

It always bears fruit,

   even that which is not obvious

                  but profound.

Be faithful in what is proximate.

What has God entrusted to me today?)

Behold,

I send an angel before you,

to guard you on the way

and to bring you to the place

        which I have prepared.

Give heed to him

    and hearken to his voice...

                  Exodus 23. 20

(God will probably surprise you

with what is

far beyond your radar,

somewhere on the horizon

     or right beneath your feet.)

...the LORD sits enthroned

       as king for ever.

                     Psalm 29. 10

(No matter what.

Even in the unexpected.

Even in this.

There is profound purpose

   even in mystery,

even in what I do not see

                                 yet.

God's got this.

Follow Him through it.)

...in every place 

where I cause My name

to be remembered 

I will come to you

and bless you.

             Exodus 20. 24

(Wherever He leads

      whenever we follow,

even in the 

     most unlikely places

and the most unexpected ways.

Seek Him there.)

Whenever Moses held up his hand,

                       Israel prevailed;

and whenever he lowered his hand,

                       Amalek prevailed.

                              Exodus 17. 11

(Never give up praying.

Praying matters more than we can know.

Praying matters

    far beyond what we can see

    from the little spot where we stand.

"Where there is such prevailing prayer,

        something is bound to happen."

                       -- Corrie ten Boom

                            Amazing Love

We seek an answer to prayer,

    but God has a far greater victory

    already in the works.)

The LORD is my light

       and my salvation;

           whom shall I fear?

The LORD is the stronghold

                   of my life;

    of whom shall I be afraid?

...Though a host encamp around me,

      my heart shall not fear;

though war arise against me,

          yet I will be confident.

                   Psalm 27. 1, 3

(You are loved.

You are not alone in this.

No matter how things appear

                on the surface,

His purposes run deeper still,

His glory emerges 

          in unexpected places.)

But the people of Israel

   walked on dry ground 

              through the sea,

the waters being a wall to them

on their right hand and their left.

                        Exodus 14. 29

(Be not afraid.

"Trust Me in this."

God leads us in unexpected ways

        into His deeper purposes.

Be faithful

   and watch what God does with this.)