Making the wrongs right
The Lord works righteousness;
does justice for all who are oppressed. ~ Psalm 103:6 (CEB)
I heard a voice thunder from the Throne: "Look! Look! God has moved into the neighborhood, making his home with men and women! They’re his people, he’s their God. He’ll wipe every tear from their eyes." ~ Revelation 21:3-4a (MSG)
KEY IDEA:
Live as though God himself were on his way to make all the wrongs right -- because he is.
PRAYER:
Lord, it is so easy to get discouraged by all the wrong that goes on in the world and is accepted as normal. Thank you for your plan and promise to bring justice and fairness. Please help me to stay encouraged especially when I feel overwhelmed. I so quickly forget your promises and I take the weight of the world onto my shoulders. Forgive me for trying to take your job away from you. I know that you will do it better than I could -- as long as I remember. Amen.
*ABOUT THE
DAILY TEXTS
The Daily Texts have been published by the Moravian Church since 1731. In 2011 I started posting these Bible verses for my spiritual formation students at Pacific Islands University. In the process of responding to the verses, I found the rhythm of looking for a common thread and writing a prayer based on that key idea to be helpful for my own soul. The prayers are more or less modeled on the TRIP method, which is what I ask my students to do in their journaling. ~ Brad Boydston
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase -- a freestyle biblical adaptation -- somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
