I. Readings
Psalm 25, 40, 84
1 Kings 11:26-43
James 4:13-5:6
Mark 15:22-32
II. Selections
Psalm 25:15
My eyes are ever towards the LORD,
for he will pluck my feet out of the net.
1 Kings 11:32
One tribe will remain [ Solomon's], for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.
James 4:14
Yet you do not even know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
Mark 15:31
In the same way the chief priests, along with the scribes, were also mocking him among themselves and saying, "He saved others; he cannot save himself.
III. Meditation: Pluck our feet out of the net
Solomon's prosperous kingdom suddenly shrank from twelve tribes to two. We do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is our life? We are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. The mockery of the chief priests and scribes was partly true: Jesus saved others, but not himself-but he did save others. Our eyes are ever toward you, for you will pluck our feet out of the net.
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