Undivided Attention, Undivided Hearts--July 20, 2010
I. Readings
Psalms 123, 146, 30, 86
Joshua 8:1-22
Romans 14:1-12
Matthew 26:47-56
II. Selections
Psalm 86:11
Teach me your way, O LORD,
that I may walk in your truth;
give me an undivided heart to revere your name.
Joshua 8:17
There was not a man left in Ai or Bethel who did not go out after Israel; they left the city open, and pursued Israel.
Romans 14:8
If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord; so then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s.
Matthew 26:55-56
At that hour Jesus said to the crowds, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me as though I were a bandit? Day after day I sat in the temple teaching, and you did not arrest me. But all this has taken place, so that the scriptures of the prophets may be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples deserted him and fled.
III. Meditation: Undivided Attention, Undivided Hearts
Teach us your way, God, that we may walk in your truth;
give us an undivided heart, that we may revere your name.
The people of Ai were defeated because they were ambushed.
Their attention was directed to the wrong place—hearts divided.
At your arrest, the hearts of the disciples were divided; devoted
to you, but concerned for their own safety, they deserted and fled.
Focus our attention on you; make us single-minded, hearts undivided—
whether we live or whether we die, let it be to you, for we are yours.
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