Why Tarry the Hoofbeats? --July 31, 2010

I. Readings
Psalms 122, 149, 100, 63
Judges 5:19-31
Acts 2:22-36
Matthew 28:11-20

II. Selections
Psalm 63:1
O God, you are my God, I seek you,
      my soul thirsts for you;
my flesh faints for you,
      as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.

Judges 5:28
Out of the window she peered,
      the mother of Sisera gazed through the lattice:
“Why is his chariot so long in coming?
      Why tarry the hoofbeats of his chariots?”

Acts 2:36
Therefore let the entire house of Israel know with certainty that God has made him both Lord and Messiah, this Jesus whom you crucified.

Matthew 28:17
When [his eleven disciples] saw [the risen Jesus], they worshiped him; but some doubted.

III. Meditation

The mother of Sisera was in for a shock.
Her son was not merely late coming home,
not just tarrying; he would never return again.

As she waited for her son, so we wait for you.
Our soul thirsts for you, our flesh faints for you,
as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.

But you will come; we shall find you, worship you.
Sweep away our doubt, so all may know with certainty,
you have made the crucified Jesus both Lord and Messiah.