“Once God Has Spoken…”--June 18, 2020

O Sovereign God,

power belongs to you,

power and steadfast love.

Remind us of that, when we

try to lord ourselves over others.

When we fancy ourselves to be great teachers,

help us remember how we fail to teach ourselves.

When we feel smug because we are in the majority,

remind us how you leave the 99 to search for the one.

If we suppose that to be good leaders we must be proud,

bring to our minds that Moses was a very humble man.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 97; 147:12-20; 16; 62

Num. 12:1-6

Rom. 2:12-24

Matt. 18:10-20

Selected Verses

Ps. 62:11-12a

Once God has spoken;
          twice have I heard this:
that power belongs to God,
          and steadfast love belongs to you, O Lord.

Num. 12:3

Now the man Moses was very humble, more so than anyone else on the face of the earth. 

Rom. 2:21

…you, then, that teach others, will you not teach yourself?  While you preach against stealing, do you steal?

Matt. 18:12

“…What do you think?  If a shepherd has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray?  …”  [Jesus, to his disciples]