Set Our Feet Upon the Rock--Dec. 7, 2015

God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob:

you are the Alpha and the Omega,

God not of the dead, but of the living.

 The world is fast falling into a desolate pit,

a miry bog of arrogant and selfish greed

opposed by fanatical, destructive evil.

Say that it shall not be; draw us up

and set our feet upon the Rock,

secure in your abiding love.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 122; 145; 40; 67

Amos 7:1-9

Rev. 1:1-8

Matt. 22:23-33

Selected Verses

Ps. 40:2

He drew me up from the desolate pit,
          out of the miry bog,
and set my feet upon a rock,
          making my steps secure. 

Amos 7:3

The LORD relented concerning this;
        "It shall not be," said the LORD.

Rev. 1:8

"I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.

Matt. 22:31-32

"…And as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was said to you by God, 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'?  He is God not of the dead, but of the living."  [Jesus to the Sadducees]