If Soldiers Obey--May 12, 2017

If soldiers obey their commanders,

then why do we not obey you, dear God?

We have been raised with Christ;

help us to seek the things that are above,

where Christ is seated at your right hand.

Though I am like a calf untrained,

Christ has ransomed my soul

from the power of Sheol;

let me come back;

receive me,

I pray.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 96; 148; 49; 138

Jer. 31:15-22

Col. 3:1-11

Luke 7:1-17

Selected Verses

Ps. 49:15

But God will ransom my soul from the power of Sheol,
          for he will receive me. Selah

Jer. 31:18

Indeed I heard Ephraim pleading:
     "You disciplined me, and I took the discipline;
          I was like a calf untrained.
     Bring me back, let me come back,
          for you are the LORD my God.  …"

Col. 3:1

So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.

Luke 7:8

"…For I also am a man set under authority, with soldiers under me; and I say to one, 'Go,' and he goes, and to another, 'Come,' and he comes, and to my slave, 'Do this,' and the slave does it."  [A centurion, whose slave was ill, to Jesus]