Higher than Heaven; Deeper than Sheol--Sept. 2, 2018

[From Aug. 26, 2016 archive]

Almighty God, you are higher than the heaven--

what can we do?

You are deeper than Sheol--what can we know?

We must not weep;

the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David,

has conquered.

What we can know is that you are our Shepherd;

we shall not want.

What we can do is listen to the teaching of Jesus,

then follow him.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 108; 150; 66; 23

Job 11:1-9, 13-20

Rev. 5:1-14

Matt. 5:1-12

Selected Verses

Ps. 23:1

The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want. 

Job 11:8

[The limit of the Almighty] is higher than heaven--what can you do?  Deeper than Sheol--what can you know?  …"  [Zophar the Naamathite to Job]

Rev. 5:5

Then one of the elders said to me, "Do not weep.  See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals."

Matt. 5:1-2

When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples came to him.  Then he began to speak, and taught them, saying…