Good Teacher, a Question--Aug. 12, 2015

 [From August 12, 2009 archive]

Good Teacher, as we set out on our journey,

what shall we do to inherit eternal life?

We kneel before you to ask, not as Absalom

deceitfully prostrated himself before his father,

but because we want to know.

Keep us from following the advice of the wicked,

or taking the path that sinners tread,

or sitting in the seat of scorners.

Teach us rather to delight in following your will

and meditating on your word;

and like Mnason, may we show hospitality

to others who journey.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 89:1-18; 147:1-11; 1; 33

2 Sam. 14:21-33

Acts 21:15-26

Mark 10:17-31

Selected Verses

Psalm 1:1-2

Happy are those who do not follow the advice of the wicked,

            or take the paths that sinners tread,

            or sit in the seat of the scoffers;

but their delight is in the law of the LORD,

            and on his law they meditate day and night.

2 Samuel 14:33

Then Joab went to the king and told him; and he summoned Absalom.  So he came to the king and prostrated himself with his face to the ground before the king; and the king kissed Absalom.

Acts 21:16

Some of the disciples from Caesarea also came along and brought us to the house of Mnason of Cyprus, an early disciple, with whom we were to stay.

Mark 10:17

As [Jesus] was setting out on a journey, a man ran up and knelt before him, and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”