How Do I Pay Him Homage?--Sept. 8, 2021

[From Sept. 11, 2019 archive]

 

Let your steadfast love be upon us, 

O God, even as we hope in you.

 

The wise men knelt in homage;

how do I pay homage to Jesus?

 

By trying to live as Jesus lived, 

humbling myself in obedience,

 

living according to your word,

obedient to the point of death?

 

That is hard to promise,

but my hope is in you.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 89:1-18; 147:1-11

1 Kings 17:1-24

Phil. 2:1-11

Matt. 2:1-12

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 33:22

Let your steadfast love, O LORD, be upon us,
          even as we hope in you.

 

1 Kings 17:5

So [Elijah] went and did according to the word of the LORD; he went and lived by the Wadi Cherith, which is east of the Jordan.

 

Phil. 2:7b-8

And being found in human form,
          [Christ Jesus] humbled himself
          and became obedient to the point of death —
          even death on a cross.

 

Matt. 2:11a

On entering the house, [the wise men] saw the child with Mary his mother; and they knelt down and paid him homage.