Lord Jesus, you order the crowds not to make you known.
That is a command we do not understand,
but one we tend to follow.
Others of your commands we do understand,
but these we tend not to follow.
We are a perverse people.
We flee to you for refuge,
and you open a door of opportunity;
but instead of going through it, we turn back to Egypt.
It should not surprise us if the very sword we fear
is the sword that overtakes us
there in Egypt.
That is a command we do not understand,
but one we tend to follow.
Others of your commands we do understand,
but these we tend not to follow.
We are a perverse people.
We flee to you for refuge,
and you open a door of opportunity;
but instead of going through it, we turn back to Egypt.
It should not surprise us if the very sword we fear
is the sword that overtakes us
there in Egypt.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 143; 147:12-20; 81; 116
Jer. 42:1-22
1 Cor. 16:1-9
Matt. 12:15-21
Selected Verses
Ps. 143:9
Save me, O LORD, from my enemies;
I have fled to you for refuge.
Jer. 42:15b-16
Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: If you are determined to enter Egypt and go to settle there, then the sword that you fear shall overtake you there, in the land of Egypt; and the famine that you dread shall follow close after you into Egypt; and there you shall die.
1 Cor. 16:9
…for a wide door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.
Matt. 12:16
…and [Jesus] ordered [the crowds] not to make him known.
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