Early riser
God, rise up! Make your case! ~ Psalm 74:22a (CEB)
The kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard. ~ Matthew 20:1 (CEB)
God, you are an early riser! You are busy advancing your cause -- making your case and recruiting helpers. There is no way that we can ever get ahead of you. You are always there in front of. Sometimes we mistakenly think of ourselves as carrying the weight of your cause. I'm sorry about being so presumptuous. And I thank you for allowing me to share in what you're doing. Keep me mindful of my place. Amen.
Challenging Word
- presumptuous -- when you fail to observe the limits of what is permitted or appropriate you are being presumptuous, acting like you are more important or have more responsibility than actually belongs to you
*ABOUT THE
DAILY TEXTS
The Daily Texts have been published by the Moravian Church since 1731. In 2015 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 — my own 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)
