To know
You are the hope of Israel, its savior in times of trouble. Why are you like a stranger in the land, like a tourist spending only the night? ~ Jeremiah 14:8 (CEB)
Now I know partially, but then I will know completely in the same way that I have been completely known. ~ 1 Corinthians 13:12b (CEB)
KEY IDEA:
It behoves us to humbly admit that what we know about God is very limited.
PRAYER:
Savior God, you completely understand us. But our current knowledge of you and what you're up to is very limited. I find that hard to accept because I like to think of myself as a God-expert, someone with deep insights. Save me from such arrogance and fill me with a humble attitude so that I may come to know you even more completely. 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)
NRSV = New Revised Standard Version (© 1989 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.) NTE = New Testament for Everyone (©2011 Nicolas Thomas Wright.)