Rely not on Drones--Jan. 4, 2015

We take pride in technology, rely on our drones,

but it is in your name our confidence belongs.

Not that we expect you to send myriads of  

holy ones, a host of your own to protect us

(for that's not your way of conquering evil);

your way is for us to know him whom you sent.

One who is from the beginning saves us from evil,

Jesus, come down from heaven and born here on earth.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 20; 150; 93; 97

Deut. 33:1-5

1 John 2:12-17

John 6:41-47

Selected Verses

Ps. 20:7

Some take pride in chariots, and some in horses,

            but our pride is in the name of the LORD our God.

Deut. 33:2b

[Moses] said:

With [the LORD] were myriads of holy ones;
          at his right, a host of his own. 

1 John 2:13

I am writing to you, fathers,
          because you know him who is from the beginning.
I am writing to you, young people,
          because you have conquered the evil one.

John 6:42

[The complainers] were saying, “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know?  How can he now say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?”