If prosperity leads us to think ourselves
a strong mountain,
eventually we will be dismayed.
Though tough as the mythical Leviathan
in resisting you,
O God, your love will prevail.
If we listen to Jesus, you open our hearts
to eagerly join
the throngs gone after him.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 123; 146; 30; 86
Job 40:1, 41:1-11
Acts 16:6-15
John 12:9-19
Selected Verses
Ps. 30:6-7
As for me, I said in my prosperity,
“I shall never be moved.”
By your favor, O LORD,
you had established me as a strong mountain;
you hid your face;
I was dismayed.
Job 41:10-11
“…No one is so fierce as to dare to stir it up. Who can stand before it? Who can confront it and be safe? –under the whole heaven, who? …” [The LORD, to Job]
Acts 16:14
A certain woman named Lydia, a worshiper of God, was listening to us; she was from the city of Thyatira and a dealer in purple cloth. The Lord opened her heart to listen eagerly to what was said by Paul.
John 12:19
The Pharisees then said to one another, “You see, you can do nothing. Look, the world has gone after [Jesus]!”
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