There are different levels of loyalty:
loyalty to a dead king,
loyalty to a cause or principle,
loyalty to a fellow worker,
loyalty to one's word,
loyalty to one's reputation.
Above all these is loyalty to you, O God.
Let us hear what you will speak;
in our hearts, let us turn to you.
loyalty to a dead king,
loyalty to a cause or principle,
loyalty to a fellow worker,
loyalty to one's word,
loyalty to one's reputation.
Above all these is loyalty to you, O God.
Let us hear what you will speak;
in our hearts, let us turn to you.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 57; 145; 85; 47
2 Sam. 2:1-11
Acts 15:36-16:5
Mark 6:14-29
Selected Verses
Ps. 85:8
Let me hear what God the LORD will speak,
for he will speak peace to his people,
to his faithful, to those who turn to him in their hearts.
2 Sam. 2:4b-5
When they told David, “It was the people of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul,” David sent messengers to the people of Jabesh-gilead, and said to them, “May you be blessed by the LORD, because you showed this loyalty to Saul your lord, and buried him! …”
Acts 15:38
But Paul decided not to take with them one who had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not accompanied them in the work.
Mark 6:25-26
Immediately [Herodias] rushed back to the king and requested, “I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter.” The king was deeply grieved; yet out of regard for his oaths and for the guests, he did not want to refuse her.
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