In pursuit of Joshua's army, the men of Ai
finally looked back; but they had waited too long.
The smoke of their ransacked city was rising to the sky.
Overconfidence trapped them.
The psalmist was the epitome of self-confidence;
but when he looked for you, you had hidden your face.
He was dismayed.
The crowd came for Jesus, confident in swords and clubs
that were not needed.
If we live, we live to you; if we die we die to you;
whether we live or whether we die, we are yours.
In this we are confident.
finally looked back; but they had waited too long.
The smoke of their ransacked city was rising to the sky.
Overconfidence trapped them.
The psalmist was the epitome of self-confidence;
but when he looked for you, you had hidden your face.
He was dismayed.
The crowd came for Jesus, confident in swords and clubs
that were not needed.
If we live, we live to you; if we die we die to you;
whether we live or whether we die, we are yours.
In this we are confident.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 123; 146; 30; 86
Josh. 8:1-22
Matt. 26:47-56
Rom. 14:1-12
Matt. 26:47-56
Selected Verses
Ps. 30:7
By your favor, O LORD,
you had established me as a strong mountain;
you hid your face;
I was dismayed.
Josh. 8:20
So when the men of Ai looked back, the smoke of the city was rising to the sky. They had no power to flee this way or that, for the people who fled to the wilderness turned back against the pursuers.
Rom. 14:8
If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord; so then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's.
Matt. 26:55
At that hour Jesus said to the crowds, "Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me as though I were a bandit? Day after day I sat in the temple teaching, and you did not arrest me. …"
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