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July 26, 2017

Treasures from God

CHRIS FOLMSBEE   |   Read Psalm 105:1-11, 45

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Lectionary Week
July 24–30, 2017
Scripture Overview

In the Genesis text, Jacob the trickster is tricked. Yet through a combination of patience and perseverance he ultimately wins Rachel, which sets the stage for all that follows in the story of Abraham’s family. Psalm 105 addresses a forgetful community that has lost touch with the God of the Exodus. Remembering becomes a powerful experience when it focuses on both God’s actions and God’s judgments. Romans 8 also serves as a reminder of God’s way, of God’s movements from knowledge to action, from saving grace to promised glory. The scribe of Matthew’s short parable brings out of the store- house both what is new and what is old. There is no true future without a remembrance of the past.

Questions and Suggestions for Reflection

• Read Genesis 29:15-28. When have you experienced a setback due to poor treatment at the hands of someone you trusted? What did you learn?
• Read Psalm 105:1-11, 45b. How do you “seek God’s face”? How do you offer thanks to God?
• Read Romans 8:26-39. Consider Paul’s three questions and formulate a one- or two-sentence answer of your own.
• Read Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52. How do the parables about what the kingdom of God is like surprise you? How do they shock you?

Respond by posting a prayer .

Psalm 105:1-11, 45

1 Give thanks to the LORD; call upon his name; make his deeds known to all people! 2 Sing to God; sing praises to the Lord; dwell on all his wondrous works! 3 Give praise to God’s holy name! Let the hearts rejoice of all those seeking the LORD! 4 Pursue the LORD and his strength; seek his face always! 5 Remember the wondrous works he has done, all his marvelous works, and the justice he declared 6 you who are the offspring of Abraham, his servant, and the children of Jacob, his chosen ones. 7 The LORD—he is our God. His justice is everywhere throughout the whole world. 8 God remembers his covenant forever, the word he commanded to a thousand generations, 9 which he made with Abraham, the solemn pledge he swore to Isaac. 10 God set it up as binding law for Jacob, as an eternal covenant for Israel, 11 promising, “I hereby give you the land of Canaan as your allotted inheritance.” 45 all so that they would keep his laws and observe his instructions. Praise the LORD!

Unless otherwise indicated, scripture quotations are from the Common English Bible. Copyright © 2011 Common English Bible. Used by permission.

The word thanks may be one of the most widely used words in the English language—or any language for that matter. To say thanks is to acknowledge gratitude for the generosity of another. In this psalm, however, we may better translate the word thanks as “praise.” When we offer praise...

Help me, God, to move past a flippant “thanks” to you and replace it with songs of praise that emerge from my faithful obedience. Amen.


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