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“This is what the Lord says: ‘Make this valley full of trenches.’ For the Lord says this: ‘You will not see wind, nor will you see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, so that you will drink, you, your livestock, and your other animals. And this is an insignificant thing in the sight of the Lord; he will also give the Moabites into your hand.”

—2 Kings 3:16–18

We often can’t see how God is going to work. We look for signs, but they don’t come. And then he tells us to do something—to take action even in the middle of our need.

Maybe our stream is dry. We’re thirsting to death, and we desperately want to believe he’s doing something, but we don’t see any evidence of him at all.

Then the Holy Spirit prompts us to step out in faith—to expend energy that is already sorely lacking—to forgive out of a broken spirit, to feed someone else from a bare pantry, or to serve someone out of an already overcrowded schedule.

But we step out in obedience and see his promises fulfilled; we dug the trenches, and he filled them, quenching our thirst and sending sustenance. 

God himself is the living water, and we don’t have to wonder if he’s working behind the scenes. His Word tells us that he is. We can count on that and choose to live by faith rather than by sight. 

He is a gift–giving, generous God, and he wants to guide, provide for, and protect us.

This is not challenging for him; what seems miraculous to us is an “insignificant thing” to the Lord.

Dry trenches, and even dangerous enemies, cannot overcome his promises, goodness, and provision for those who love him.

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