That We May Find Rest--Feb. 27, 2015

God of gods and Lord of lords,

Great God, mighty and awesome--

you treat all with fairness and honesty,

you execute justice for orphans and widows

and you provide them with food and clothing.

O my God, I cry to you by day,

but you do not answer,

and by night, but find no rest.

Lord, you sent us Jesus, in every respect

tested as we are tested, yet without sin.

He speaks your words, and he gives

the Spirit without measure. 

Pray give me the Spirit,

that I may find rest.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 22; 148; 105; 130

Deut. 10:12-22

Heb. 4:11-16

John 3:22-36

Selected Verses

Ps. 22:2

O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer;
          and by night, but find no rest.

Deut. 10:17-18

For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who is not partial and takes no bribe, who executes justice for the orphan and the widow, and who loves the strangers, providing them with food and clothing. 

Heb. 4:15

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who in every respect has been tested as we are, yet without sin.

John 3:34

He whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for he gives the Spirit without measure.