Come, O God, Like the Showers--March 4, 2020

 

If a human ruler who wields great power 

bows to public opinion in making decisions,

how much more should we be guided by you?

 

You have given us your Spirit to guide us;

there is nowhere we can go to escape you, 

but why should we want to be without you?

 

You desire us to have knowledge of you;

you want us to show you steadfast love.

 

Come to us, O God, like the showers, 

like spring rains that water the earth.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 103; 150; 117; 139

Hosea 5:8-6:6

1 Cor. 2:6-16

Matt. 14:1-12

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 139:7

Where can I go from your spirit?
          Or where can I flee from your presence?

 

Hosea 6:3b, 6:6

“…[the LORD] will come to us like the showers,
          like the spring rains that water the earth.”  [Those who want to return to the LORD]  …

For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice,
          the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

 

1 Cor. 2:11

For what human being knows what is truly human except the human spirit that is within?  So also no one comprehends what is truly God's except the Spirit of God. 

 

Matt. 14:9

The king was grieved, yet out of regard for his oaths and for the guests, he commanded [the head of John the Baptist] to be given…