We Shall Not Fear--Dec. 12, 2020

 

Eternal God, a thousand years in your sight

are like a yesterday when it is past,

or like a watch in the night.

 

When rumors of conspiracy multiply,

and threats are everywhere about,

when evil sifts us like wheat, 

we shall not be in dread.

 

You have given us Jesus, Lord of Peace.

In Christ our faith will not fail;

at all times, in all ways,

we will be at peace

and strengthen 

one another.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 90; 149; 80; 72

Isa. 8:1-15

2 Thess. 3:6-18

Luke 22:31-38

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 90:4

For a thousand years in your sight
          are like yesterday when it is past,
          or like a watch in the night.

 

Isa. 8:12

Do not call conspiracy all that this people calls conspiracy, and do not fear what it fears, or be in dread.

 

2 Thess. 3:16

Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in all ways.  The Lord be with all of you.

 

Luke 22:31-32

“Simon, Simon, listen!  Satan has demanded to sift all of you like wheat, but I have prayed for you that your own faith may not fail; and you, when once you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”