What We Need to Know--August 28, 2010

I. Readings
Psalms 122, 149, 100, 63
Job 9:1; 10:1-9, 16-22
Acts 11:1-18
John 8:12-20

II. Selections
Psalm 100:3
Know that the LORD is God.
      It is he that made us, and we are his;
      we are his people and the sheep of his pasture.

Job 10:9
“…Remember that you fashioned me like clay;
      and will you turn me to dust again? … ”
[Job’s complaint to God]

Acts 11:15
“…And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them just as it had upon us at the beginning. … ” [From Peter’s report to the Church at Jerusalem]

John 8:14
Jesus answered [the Pharisees], “Even if I testify on my own behalf, my testimony is valid because I know where I have come from and where I am going, but you do not know where I come from or where I am going. … ”

III. Meditation

Jesus knew where he came from and where he was going.
We know that we are made of clay and will return to dust;

and that you made us, and we are yours—
your people, the sheep of your pasture;

and your Holy Spirit is available to us,
as it was to the Church in Jerusalem.

Dear God, is there much more
that we really need to know?