"This morning, I opened my Bible expecting comfort… but instead, I felt a stirring I can’t shake.

It was quiet. The kind of quiet where everything feels normal on the outside, but deep down, you know something is shifting.

I read this:

“The earth has four creatures that are very small but very wise… the locusts have no king, yet they move together in unity… the lizard is small and easy to catch, yet it finds its way into kings’ palaces.” (Proverbs 30:24, 27-28)

And I just sat there.

Because right now, everything feels fragile. The world feels loud. Heavy. Uncertain. You can feel it in conversations, in the headlines, in the tension people are carrying in their bodies. It’s like we’re standing on the edge of something, but we can’t fully see it yet.

And then this hit me…

God has always used the small things.

The overlooked.

The ones who feel unqualified.

The ones who wonder, “Why me?”

The locusts don’t have a visible leader, yet they move as one unstoppable force. And the lizard, tiny, easily dismissed, ends up in places of influence, places it should never be able to reach.

What if that’s us right now?

What if God is quietly forming an army, not loud, not famous, not polished, but unified?

People who will pray when no one is watching.

People who will stand when it’s uncomfortable.

People who don’t need a platform to carry power.

I feel this so deeply… we are not as small as we think we are.

And maybe, just maybe, God is positioning ordinary people in extraordinary places for such a time as this.

So let’s arise. 

Not in fear.

But in unity.

Let’s become an awakening army of prayer warriors who push back darkness simply by showing up and opening our mouths.

Because the enemy doesn’t tremble at noise,

he trembles at unity.

Let’s pray…

God, we feel the weight of this moment.

Some of us feel small. Some feel afraid. Some feel unsure if we even have a place in what You’re doing. But today, we lay all of that down.

Would You awaken us?

Wake up every sleeping part of our hearts. Stir boldness where there has been hesitation. Bring unity where there has been division. Teach us how to move together, even when we can’t see the full picture.

God, use the overlooked.

Use the hidden.

Use the ones who feel like they don’t matter.

Place us in rooms we never thought we’d walk into. Give us courage to stand, wisdom to move, and faith to trust that You are leading, even when You feel unseen.

Raise up an army that prays.

An army that doesn’t back down.

An army that carries Your heart into dark places and watches light break through.

We say yes.

Even if we feel small… we say yes.

In Jesus’ name, Amen."

Ashlee Assadi