Great Things: Great Things

Tuesday, November 7, 2023

Great Things

I know that you can do all things,
and that no purpose of yours can be hindered.
I have dealt with great things that I do not understand;
things too wonderful for me, which I cannot know.
Job 42:1-3

O Lord, my heart is not proud, nor are my eyes haughty; I busy not myself with great things, nor with things too sublime for me. Nay rather, I have stilled and quieted my soul like a weaned child. Like a weaned child on its mother’s lap, so is my soul within me. O Israel, hope in the Lord, both now and forever. (Ps 131:1-3)

Lord, according to your ordinances they still stand firm: all things serve you (Ps 119:91). I know, O Lord, that your ordinances are just, and in your faithfulness you have afflicted me (Ps 119:75). It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may learn your statutes (Ps 119:71). I am your servant; give me discernment that I may know your decrees (Ps 119:125). Teach me wisdom and knowledge, for in your commands I trust (Ps 119:66).

PERICOPE:

HUMBLE TRUST IN GOD : Psalm 131:1, 2, 3

A PRAYER TO GOD, THE LAWGIVER : Psalm 119:66, 71, 75, 91, 125

PUBLISHED:

October 01, 2016, 6:31 AM

ABOUT THINGS

Great Things

Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever believes in me will do the works that I do, and will do greater ones than these, because I am going to the Father. And whatever you ask in my name, I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask anything of me in my name, I will do it. (John 14:12-14)

The proof of love is in the works. Where love exists, it works great things. But when it ceases to act, it ceases to exist. -- Pope St. Gregory the Great

Everything

My Lord and my God, take from me everything that distances me from you. My Lord and my God, give me everything that brings me closer to you. My Lord and my God, detach me from myself to give my all to you. -- St. Nicholas of Flüe

Former Things

"For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former things shall not be remembered or come into mind." (Is 65:17)

One Thing

The Lord said to her in reply, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things. There is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part and it will not be taken from her.” (Lk 10:41-42)

Something Greater

"I say to you, something greater than the temple is here." (Mt. 12:6)

"Something greater than Solomon is here." (Lk 11:31)

"Something greater than Jonah is here." (Lk 11:32)

Be Glad and Rejoice

But be glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create; for behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy. I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and be glad in my people; no more shall be heard in it the sound of weeping and the cry of distress. (Is 65:18-19)

GOD'S PROMISE

No more shall there be in it an infant that lives but a few days, or an old man who does not fill out his days, for the child shall die a hundred years old, and the sinner a hundred years old shall be accursed. (Is 65:20)

They shall build houses and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit. (Is 65:21)

Things Accomplished

Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the things which have been accomplished among us, just as they were delivered to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word, it seemed good to me also, having followed all things closely for some time past, to write an orderly account for you that you may know the truth concerning the things of which you have been informed. -- Luke 1:1-4

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Tuesday, November 7, 2023

Great Things