People were overwhelmed with amazement. “He (Jesus) has done everything well,” they said. (Mark 7:37).
Lord Jesus, you do “everything well”—even when some things you do puzzle, stretch, and exasperate us. We plan, but your purpose will stand (Hallelujah!). You open doors we try to slam shut, and you close doors we keep trying to pry open. We pray, and you always answer with the answer designed to bring you glory, and us (in time) to “wonder, love, and praise.”
If we knew now what you’ve eternally known, we’d wring our hands in frustration less, and raise them in worship more. If we could hear what you’re praying right now, we’d celebrate your every word, timetable, and planned outcomes.
Jesus, you know what is best. You do what is best. Because you are the Best. You feed hungry sparrows and 5K crowds (Matt.10:29-31; Jn.6:1-14). “Impossibilities” (Lk.18:27) and “making all things new” (Rev.21:5) are your specialty. There’s never been a mantle cell you can’t dismantle, a “thorn in the flesh” for which you can’t give sufficient grace, or a tomb so closed you can’t open it (Jn.11:1-44).
No matter how messy the mess, dire the straights, or hard the storyline—you don’t just “have our backs” but also our everything. We believe, help our unbelief. We trust, refuel our trust-tank. We are grateful, supersize our gratitude 70 times 7. Jesus, grant big grace for me and my friends—big, sovereign, situation-shaped grace. Thank you, and So Very Amen.