Epiphany 3 B > Psalm 62:6-12/14 > Nonne Deo?
Psalm 62:6-12 (NRSV)
Psalm 62:6-14 RCL context (BCP)
Everything's changing.
Jonah, still stinking like the inside of a big fish, heads over to Nineveh to do what God told him to do the first time.
Paul's trying to convince us not to pay attention to our wives, because the end is near.
Simon Peter, Andrew, James and John all leave their fishing careers.
But in the middle of all this turmoil? Silence (6).
For the author, it probably meant getting away from people, from the town. But what does it mean for us? Noise is everywhere! Even in the desert, the plane far above interrupts our thoughts.
It's hard to be somewhere that is completely silent. Besides, it's the psalmist's soul that's waiting in silence, not his body.
What does it mean to have a silent soul?
But to this silent, waiting soul comes the clarion call of God.
The call is to do what God asks, even when it's hard or scary.
Psalm 62:6-14 RCL context (BCP)
Everything's changing.
Jonah, still stinking like the inside of a big fish, heads over to Nineveh to do what God told him to do the first time.
Paul's trying to convince us not to pay attention to our wives, because the end is near.
Simon Peter, Andrew, James and John all leave their fishing careers.
But in the middle of all this turmoil? Silence (6).
For the author, it probably meant getting away from people, from the town. But what does it mean for us? Noise is everywhere! Even in the desert, the plane far above interrupts our thoughts.
It's hard to be somewhere that is completely silent. Besides, it's the psalmist's soul that's waiting in silence, not his body.
What does it mean to have a silent soul?
But to this silent, waiting soul comes the clarion call of God.
13 God has spoken once, twice have I heard it, *
that power belongs to God.
The call is to do what God asks, even when it's hard or scary.
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