Haman, with all his
royal power and honors,
could not be
happy--one pious Jew ignored him.
King Herod could not
tolerate the criticism
of an eccentric,
charismatic preacher.
Haman and Herod
wanted complete control
of their own
destinies and all opponents eliminated.
Paul put his destiny
in your hands;
Paul's heart trusted
in you.
Make me like Paul,
not like the unhappy rulers,
that my heart may
exult in you,
my song give you
thanks.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 54; 146; 28; 99
Esth. 5:1-14
Acts 18:12-28
Luke 3:15-22
Selected Verses
Ps. 28:7
The
LORD is my strength and my shield;
in him my heart trusts;
so I am helped, and my heart exults,
and with my song I give thanks to him.
in him my heart trusts;
so I am helped, and my heart exults,
and with my song I give thanks to him.
Esth. 5:12-13
Haman
added, "Even Queen Esther let no one but myself come with the king to the
banquet that she prepared. Tomorrow also
I am invited by her, together with the king.
Yet all this does me no good so long as I see the Jew Mordecai sitting
at the king's gate."
Acts 18:20-21
When
[members of the synagogue] asked [Paul] to stay longer, he declined; but on
taking leave of them, he said, "I will return to you, if God
wills." Then he set sail from
Ephesus.
Luke 3:19-20
But
Herod the ruler, who had been rebuked by [John the Baptist] because of
Herodias, his brother's wife, and because of all the evil things that Herod had
done, added to them all by shutting up John in prison.
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