Stand Firm in Faith--Dec. 10, 2020

People shake in fear, dear God. 

All people, wise and foolish,

of good intentions or bad, 

shake as trees shake 

before the wind.

 

But you are rock

and fortress, Lord;

you are our salvation;

we will stand firm in you;

in you we shall not be shaken.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 18:1-20; 147:12-20; 126; 62

Isa. 7:1-9

2 Thess. 2:1-12

Luke 22:1-13

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 62:6

[God] alone is my rock and my salvation,
          my fortress; I shall not be shaken.

 

Isa. 7:2, 9b

When the house of David heard that Aram had allied itself with Ephraim, the heart of Ahaz and the heart of his people shook as the trees of the forest shake before the wind.  …

If you do not stand firm in faith,

          you shall not stand at all.

 

2 Thess. 2:1-2

As to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we beg you, brothers and sisters, not to be quickly shaken in mind or alarmed, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as though from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord is already here.

 

Luke 22:2

The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a way to put Jesus to death, for they were afraid of the people.