The Scroll of Your Wisdom--August 29, 2010

I. Readings
Psalms 108, 150, 66, 23
Job 11:1-9, 13-20
Revelation 5:1-14
Matthew 5:1-12

II. Selections
Psalm 66:18-19
If I had cherished iniquity in my heart
      The Lord would not have listened.
But truly God has listened,
      he has given heed to the words of my prayer.

Job 11:5-6
“…But oh, that God would speak,
      and open his lips to you,
and that he would tell you the secrets of wisdom!
      For wisdom is many-sided.
Know then that God exacts of you less than your guilt deserves. … ”
[Zophar the Naamathite to Job]

Rev. 5:4-5
And I began to weep bitterly because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or to look into it. Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep. See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.”

Matthew 5:8
“…Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. … ” [Jesus, on the mountain, to his disciples]

III. Meditation

Blessed are the pure in heart,
for they will see you.

When we cherish iniquity in our heart,
we block ourselves off from you.

For then you do not heed our prayers,
and we do not know your word to us;

your wisdom remains a secret to us,
and our guilt remains buried inside us.

Who can open the scroll of your wisdom?
The One you sent us to make our hearts pure.