Come over and help us And nations that do not know you shall run to you, Because of the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel. Isaiah 55:5 Read Acts 16:8—15 It’s all in a word, and that spoken in a dream, ‘Come over and help us.’ Just a word. It’s a cry…
Off to work Each task your wisdom has assigned Still let me cheerfully fulfil. Charles Wesley Read Matthew 21:28—32 There is a work of the Father for me to participate in. It is deeper than observing my religion. An honest reflection will probably tell me if today I have willingly participated with my Father…
You’d be fighting against God On this rock I will build my church, And the gates of Hades will not prevail against it. Matthew 16:18 Read Acts 5:34—42 I would not expect it where I live, but the flogging goes along with the faith in many places today. The arrest follows speaking about Jesus.…
The faithfulness of Abraham O save your people, and bless your heritage; Be their shepherd, and carry them forever. Psalm 28:9 Read Hebrews 11:8—12,17—19 Abraham could not have known when he followed a call of God and migrated, always in tents, only ever owning enough ground to bury his family, and when he kept…
Great in faith He will bless those who fear the Lord, Both small and great. Psalm 115:13 Read Matthew 15:21—28 Good on you, I say to this woman. Good on you. You persisted. You are a faithful mother. You have been through hell already with your tormented daughter. And you turn to Israel’s Lord,…
The unseen truth The dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, And those who hear will live. John 5:25 Read Revelation 20:1—6 Here I read a vision. A seeing. A revelation. An insight into what God is doing behind history, behind the daily life I live, behind this day. The curtain…
My flesh and blood You on earth both priest and victim In the eucharistic feast. William Chatterton Dix Read Hebrews 2:9—18 When I dress Jesus as the high priest in the high priest’s regalia (as I imagine it) I can distance Jesus from me. Or when I think of him as Son of God,…
Christ the temple You within the veil have entered, Robed in flesh, our great high priest. William Chatterton Dix Read John 2:13—22 For me as a common worshipper, what would I have come to the temple to do? It would have been a focus for my life with God, a place to reverence and…
The transforming glory O Lord my God, you are very great. You are clothed with honour and majesty. Psalm 104:1 Read Exodus 24:12—18 This night I have moments, the little time that I give, to sit myself, as it were, at Moses’ side. He has entered the cloud. He spends forty days and nights…
As a parent They spoke against God, saying, ‘Can God spread a table in the wilderness?’ Psalm 78:19 Read Deuteronomy 8:2—5 Let me remember the path I have walked today. Let me remember it as a long way. Let me slow it down as though I could spread it out something like Israel remembering…