Thursday September 30 Pentecost 18
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Psalm 105 Part 1
Praise to God for caring for and protecting the people—God looked after them before they were enslaved in Egypt, and prepared them for rescue from famine by arranging for Joseph to become the Pharaoh’s senior officer. God is committed through a covenant to do this forever. The second half of the poem will continue the story with God’s rescue of them from Egypt, God’s care for them in the wilderness, and God’s gift of a promised land.
2 Kings 18: 28-37 What’s Kings about?
The Assyrians tell the people that God will not rescue them, because none of the gods of other countries rescued their people from the Assyrians, and the god of Israel did not rescue northern Israel, centred in Samaria. The writers know what the Assyrians did not, that the God of Israel will indeed rescue them. The God of Israel, the God of justice, will act in justice and loyalty. The people refuse to agree that the Assyrians will conquer them.
Matthew 7: 22-29 What’s Matthew about?
Jesus ends the “sermon on the mount” with assurance that the depth of love which he commands will provide us with a solid life.
This week’s collect:
Grant, O merciful God,
that your Church,
being gathered by your Holy Spirit into one,
may show forth your power among all peoples,
to the glory of your name;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever. Amen.
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