Commandments in Which to Delight--Oct. 14, 2019

Worldly rulers issue commands and demand obedience;

those who disobey risk punishment, even death.

Your love does not insist on its own way,

but happy are those who delight

in your commandments,

Lord, for then your

kingdom comes near.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 135; 145; 97; 112

Jer. 36:11-26

1 Cor. 13:1-13

Matt. 10:5-15

Selected Verses

Ps. 112:1

Praise the LORD!
          Happy are those who fear the LORD,
          who greatly delight in his commandments.

Jer. 36:26

And the king commanded Jerahmeel the king’s son and Seraiah son of Azriel and Shelemiah son of Abdeel to arrest the secretary Baruch and the prophet Jeremiah.  But the LORD hid them.

1 Cor. 13:4-5

Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude.  It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful… 

Matt. 10:5-7

“…but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.  As you go, proclaim the good news, ‘The kingdom of heaven has come near.’ …”  [Jesus, to the twelve disciples]