You have not forsaken those who seek you,
O God; we put our trust in you.
Abram obeyed you,
leaving his home and kindred,
setting out for a place you would show him.
Jesus asks us to have trust like that of Abram,
trust that he is the Bread of Life,
that in him we will not
hunger or thirst.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 48; 147:1-11; 9; 29
Gen. 12:1-7
Heb.11:1-12
John 6:35-42, 48-51
Selected Verses
Ps. 9:10
And those who know your name put their trust in you,
for you, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you.
for you, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you.
Gen. 12:1
Now the LORD said to Abram, "Go from your country and
your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. …"
Heb.11:8
By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to set out for a
place that he was to receive as an inheritance; and he set out, not knowing
where he was going.
John 6:35
Jesus said to [the crowd who had followed him by boat to
Capernaum], “I am the bread of life. Whoever
comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be
thirsty. …"
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