Sleep Walking Before God--May 18, 2018

[From May 21, 2010 archive]

Dear God, surely I am walking in my sleep

when it comes to living a life of discipleship.

I walk in the midst of trouble, most of my own making.

Stretch out your hand, O God; deliver me from myself.

Put your law of love and mercy within me; write it on my heart.

Shine upon me, Christ, that I may rise from death and live for you.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 96; 148; 49; 138

Jer. 31:27-34

Eph. 5:1-32

Matt. 9:9-17

Selected Verses

Ps. 138:7

Though I walk in the midst of trouble,

            you preserve me against the wrath of my enemies;

you stretch out your hand,

            and your right hand delivers me.

Jer. 31:33

But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Eph. 5:14

…for everything that becomes visible is light.  Therefore it says, “Sleeper, awake!  Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

Matt. 9:13

“…Go and learn what this means, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’  For I have come to call not the righteous but sinners.”  [Jesus to the Pharisees]