You Come Walking Toward Us--July 31, 2019

[From July 27, 2011 archive]

We strain at the oars against an adverse wind;

and you, Lord Jesus, come walking toward us.

We may think ourselves anointed as kings,

but we find ourselves powerless,

and you come walking toward us.

Others may regard us as your slaves,

but you come walking toward us

and answer us with deliverance;

for you are the hope of all the ends

of the earth and of the farthest seas,

O God of our salvation.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 65; 147:1-11; 125; 91

2 Sam. 3:22-39

Acts 16:16-24

Mark 6:47-56

Selected Verses

Ps. 65:5

By awesome deeds you answer us with deliverance,
          O God of our salvation;
you are the hope of all the ends of the earth
          and of the farthest seas.

2 Sam. 3:39a

“…Today I am powerless, even though anointed king; these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too violent for me.  …”  [King David to his servants]

Acts16:17

While [the slave-girl] followed Paul and us, she would cry out, “These men are slaves of the Most High God, who proclaim to you a way of salvation.”

Mark 6:48a

When [Jesus] saw that [his disciples] were straining at the oars against an adverse wind, he came towards them early in the morning, walking on the sea.