A Voice I Have Not Known--Aug. 25, 2016
O God, you know when I
speak on my own
it is my own glory I
seek, not yours,
and the words of my
mouth
are only a great wind.
Instead, help me listen
for a voice I have not
known,
saying what you have
given others
to say to me.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 143; 147:12-20; 81; 116
Job 8:1-10, 20-22
Acts 10:17-33
John 7:14-36
Selected Verses
Ps. 81:5b
I hear a voice I had not known…
Job 8:1-2
Then Bildad the Shuhite answered [Job]: "How
long will you say these things, and the words of your mouth be a great wind? …"
Acts 10:33b
"…So now all of us are here in the presence of God to
listen to all that the Lord has commanded you to say." [Cornelius to Peter]
John 7:18
"…Those who speak on their own seek their own glory;
but the one who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and there is
nothing false in him. …" [Jesus, speaking in the Temple]
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