You Speak and Summon the Earth--Dec. 5, 2018

[From Dec. 5, 2012 archive]

O God, the Mighty One,

you speak and summon the earth

from the rising of the sun to its setting.

We give you thanks for your word

and ask you to instruct us by it.

May we accept it for what it is;

and may it be at work in us,

that we may return to you

all that to you belongs.

In the name of Jesus,

for us your Word.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 50; 147:1-11; 53; 17

Isa. 2:1-4

1 Thess. 2:13-20

Luke 20:19-26

Selected Verses

Ps. 50:1

The mighty one, God the LORD,

            speaks and summons the earth

            from the rising of the sun to its setting.

Isa. 2:3c

For out of Zion shall go forth instruction,
          and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

1 Thess. 2:13

We also constantly give thanks to God for this, that when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human word but as what it really is, God's word, which is also at work in you believers.

Luke 20:25

[Jesus] said to [the spies who wanted to trap him], "Then give to the emperor the things that are the emperor's, and to God the things that are God's."