I. Readings
Psalms 9, 62, 73
Jonah 1:17-2:10
Revelation 11:1-14
Luke 11:14-26
II. Selections
Psalm 62:4
Their only plan is to bring down a person of prominence.
They take pleasure in falsehood;
they bless with their mouths,
but inwardly they curse. Selah
Jonah 2:6b-e
" ...I went down to the land
whose bars closed upon me forever;
yet you brought up my life from the Pit,
O LORD my God. ... " [ Jonah, praying from the belly of the fish]
Revelation 11:10
...and the inhabitants of the earth will gloat over them and celebrate and exchange presents, because these two prophets had been a torment to the inhabitants of the earth.
Luke 11:15-16
But some of [ the crowd] said, "He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons." Others, to test him, kept demanding from him a sign from heaven.
III. Meditation: Bringing up and putting down
We have been down to the land
whose bars closed upon us,
and it seemed we would be there forever,
but you brought us up from the Pit.
Why, then, is it tempting
to bring down persons of prominence,
whom inwardly we curse,
while blessing with our mouths?
We demand a sign from heaven,
gloat and celebrate their falling,
especially if the fallen ones
have pointed out our failings.
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