What Am I to Do?--Oct. 2, 2020

 

You took thought for the poor and needy, 

Lord Jesus; you blessed them—

promised them the kingdom  of heaven.

What am I to do?  I am not poor.

 

You tell me to get up and wait to find out 

what has been assigned to me;

you feed me like a lamb in broad pasture,

but I am stubborn like a heifer.

 

O my God, let me not delay!

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 84; 148; 25; 40

Hosea 4:11-19

Acts 21:37-22:16

Luke 6:12-26

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 40:17

 As for me, I am poor and needy,
          but the Lord takes thought for me.
You are my help and my deliverer;
          do not delay, O my God.

 

Hosea 4:16

Like a stubborn heifer, Israel is stubborn; can the LORD now feed them like a lamb in a broad pasture?

 

Acts 22:10

“…I asked, ‘What am I to do, Lord?’  The Lord said to me, ‘Get up and go to Damascus; there you will be told everything that has been assigned to you to do.’  …”  [Paul, to those who had mobbed him outside the temple] 

 

Luke 6:20

Then [Jesus] looked up at his disciples and said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.  …”