Transparency
is not our go-to in this world.
Most of us
would rather masquerade,
pretend to be strong, confident
completely put-together
more often than not.
On a good day
one might even
consider oneself
a great catch for God
someone who can
make him look good
by association.
Laugh if you want
but who practices humility
unless the moment is clutch
unless life lays us flat on our
inabilities to meet
our own needs?
Jehoshaphat knew how to
come to El Shaddai
hat in hand
prostrate in his demeanor
as he stood in the temple court
with all of Judah in audience.
Fast! Pray! he pronounced
his kingly dignity tossed aside.
We need you, Adonai—true ruler
of the nations, he cried,
his desperation
on full display.
That’s the way to do it
acknowledging our powerlessness
and God’s holy might—
our brokenness an open book
laid before the one
who saves us.
2 Chronicles 20:1–12