I. Readings
Psalms 33, 85, 94, 146
Amos 3:1-11
2 Peter 1:12-21
Matthew 21:12-22
II. Selections
Psalm 33:10
The LORD brings the counsel of the nations to nothing;
he frustrates the plans of the peoples.
Amos 3:2
You only have I known
of all the families of the earth;
therefore I will punish you
for all your iniquities.
2 Peter 1:12
Therefore I intend to keep on reminding you of these things, though you know them already and are established in the truth that has come to you.
Matthew 21:13
He said to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer'; but you are making it a den of robbers."
III. Meditation: You who frustrate plans
Sovereign God, you frustrate and bring to nothing even the great plans laid by mighty nations-not to mention our puny schemes of grandeur. Remind us of the truth that you have already taught us, even if we think we know it already, lest in our scheming we defile what you have created holy. If we fail to remember the truth that has come to us, we-far more than those who have never known you-deserve to be punished.
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