[From Aug. 20, 2017 archive]
I find I like to do things on my own, O Jesus;
it is hard for me to seek your will and do it,
and I am disappointed when others do not
follow my advice--that hurts my ego.
Forgive my stubborn heart and my desire
to have others adhere to my counsel.
Give me the Spirit through faith,
that I may ever seek your will
and walk in your ways.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 19; 150; 81; 113
2 Sam. 17:1-23
Gal. 3:6-14
John 5:30-47
Selected Verses
Ps. 81:12-13
So I gave [my people] over to their stubborn hearts,
to follow their own counsels.
O that my people would listen to me,
that Israel would walk in my ways!
2 Sam. 17:23
When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey and went off home to his own city. He set his house in order, and hanged himself; he died and was buried in the tomb of his father.
Gal. 3:14
…in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
John 5:30
“I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge; and my judgment is just, because I seek to do not my own will but the will of him who sent me. …” [Jesus, to his critics in the temple]
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