Be Still, O Traveler, and Know--Jan. 26, 2020

O God,

you are exalted among the nations,

you are exalted in the earth.

Since the time of Abram,

your people have been travelers.

He returned to what for him

was holy ground, to call

on your name.

In response to a revelation,

Paul went up to Jerusalem;

Jesus walked back and forth

around the Holy Land to

carry out his mission.

I too have traveled,

if not for sacred reasons,

but now I feel more the need

to be still, and know that

you are God, and you

are exalted among

the nations.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 67; 150; 46; 93

Gen. 13:2-18

Gal. 2:1-10

Mark 7:31-37

Selected Verses

Ps. 46:10

Be still, and know that I am God!
          I am exalted among the nations,
          I am exalted in the earth.

Gen. 13:3-4

[Abram] journeyed on by stages from the Negeb as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai, to the place where he had made an altar at the first; and there Abram called on the name of the LORD. 

Gal. 2:1-2a

Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along with me.  I went up in response to a revelation.

Mark 7:31

Then [Jesus] returned from the region of Tyre, and went by way of Sidon towards the Sea of Galilee, in the region of the Decapolis.