[From July 3, 2012 archive]
O God, I am determined
to pursue
what I am certain is the
correct path;
but the insolent have
risen up against me.
I know that rules and
righteousness
are completely on my
side;
but my way is blocked.
I am ready to beat on
any
jackass who will not
help me pass,
even one who has been a
faithful servant.
Open my eyes to
see--have you sent
an angel to block the
road?
Have I chosen to rely on
the wrong authority?
Remind me to whom
I belong; make me
willing
to change my mind and my
way,
that I may bear fruit in
your vineyard.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 54; 146; 28; 99
Num. 22:21-38
Rom. 7:1-12
Matt. 21:23-32
Selected Verses
Ps. 54:3a
For the insolent have risen against me…
Num. 22:31-32
Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel
of the LORD standing in the road, with his drawn sword in his hand; and he
bowed down, falling on his face. The
angel of the LORD said to him, "Why have you struck your donkey these
three times? I have come out as an
adversary, because your way is perverse before me. …"
Rom. 7:4
In the same way, my friends, you have died to the law through
the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been
raised from the dead in order that we may bear fruit for God.
Matt. 21:28-29
"What do you think?
A man had two sons; he went to the first and said, 'Son, go and work in
the vineyard today.' He answered, 'I
will not'; but later he changed his mind and went. …"
[Jesus to religious authorities who questioned his authority]
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