… but our eyes are upon you.

During the past two legislative sessions the Lord has prompted me to write a daily devotional. Initially that seemed like a strange directive since it is during a session that every waking moment is consumed by my work schedule. How could I possibly add yet another task onto my already overloaded calendar? But, on reflection, it seemed a prompting from the Lord would not come without the means to fulfill it.

So, on the mornings when I had nothing in mind for the devotional I would pull up a new document on the computer, carefully title and date it and tell the Lord I had done my part, it was now His problem. He never let me down. My writing of the devotional during the interim (like the rest of my life) is not nearly as disciplined as it is during session. Hence the creation of the "dailyish" devotional. It takes the pressure off of me and my "ghost writer."

This morning, after my quiet time I had no idea what to write for the devotional. But, I got to wondering about how could you possibly spend time in fellowship with the Lord and not come away with something to say. I pulled up a new document, titled it, and waited.

"The battle belongs to the Lord." That's it. The only clue He gave me. But, I can go a long way with a clue.

Two places that discuss the subject in scripture are the story of David and Goliath and then in 2 Chronicles 20 where King Jehoshaphat prays to God about an impending battle. In his prayer, King Jehoshaphat says, "… We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon you." 2 Chronicles 20:12

Look at that. My tactic to putting the ball in God's court is nothing new. And, it is highly successful - for Jehoshaphat, for David, and for me. He just turned nothing to say into six paragraphs of text. Once again, I am awed by my Lord.