Jesus, We Have Seen Your Works--Sept. 6, 2015

We have seen your works, Lord Jesus;

we know that the Father is in you

and that you are in the Father.

Even though the wings of the morning

should take us to the farthermost sea,

your hand would be there to lead us,

and your right hand to hold us fast.

So wherever we find ourselves, make

us open to your leading and heedful

of your word, that we may listen to

you, not the dictates of the world.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 103; 150; 117; 139

1 Kings 12:21-33

Acts 4:18-31

John 10:31-42

Selected Verses

Ps. 139:9-10

If I take the wings of the morning
          and settle at the farthest limits of the sea,
even there your hand shall lead me,
          and your right hand shall hold me fast. 

1 Kings 12:24

“Thus says the LORD, You shall not go up or fight against your kindred the people of Israel.  Let everyone go home, for this thing is from me.”  [Shemaiah, the man of God, speaking for God]  So they heeded the word of the LORD and went home again, according to the word of the LORD.

Acts 4:19

But Peter and John answered [the authorities], “Whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge…"

John 10:37-38

"…If I am not doing the works of my Father, then do not believe me.  But if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.”  [Jesus to those who wanted to stone him]