Not for Sale--Aug. 22, 2021

[From Aug. 21, 2005 archive]

 

You are exalted among the nations,

you are exalted in the earth. 

 

We have every reason to pay dearly 

for the privilege of worshiping you.

  But we judge by human standards.  

Your love is not for sale.

  

If only we could stop our 

clamor and complaint,

and be still before you, and wait 

with the humility of little children, 

then you would send the Spirit of your Son 

into our hearts, crying “Abba!  Father!”

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 67; 150; 46; 93

2 Sam. 24:1-2, 10-25

Gal. 3:23-4:7

John 8:12-20

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 46:10

“Be still, and know that I am God! 

          I am exalted among the nations, 

          I am exalted in the earth.”

2 Sam. 24:24

But the king said to Araunah, “No, but I will buy them from you for a price; I will not offer burnt offerings to the LORD my God that cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

Gal. 4:6

And because you are children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!”

John 8:15

“…You judge by human standards; I judge no one.  …”  [Jesus, to his critics]