Tuesday,
March 22, 2022
Prayer for Week 4
O God, you have called your servants to
ventures of which we cannot see the ending, by paths as yet untrodden, through
perils unknown. Give us faith to go out with good courage, not knowing where we
go, but only that your hand is leading us and your love supporting us, through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Exodus 16:1-12
The whole congregation of the Israelites set
out from Elim; and Israel came to the wilderness of Sin…The whole congregation
of the Israelites complained against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness. The
Israelites said to them, “If only we had died by the hand of the Lord in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by the fleshpots and ate our fill of bread; for you
have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with
hunger.”
Then
the Lord said to Moses, “I am going to rain bread from heaven for you, and each
day the people shall go out and gather enough for that day. In that way I will
test them, whether they will follow my instruction or not. On the sixth day,
when they prepare what they bring in, it will be twice as much as they gather
on other days.” So Moses and Aaron said to all the Israelites, “In the evening
you shall know that it was the Lord who brought you out of the land of Egypt,
and in the morning you shall see the glory of the Lord, because he has heard
your complaining against the Lord. For what are we, that you complain against
us?” And Moses said, “When the Lord gives you meat to eat in the evening and
your fill of bread in the morning, because the Lord has heard the complaining
that you utter against him—what are we? Your complaining is not against us but
against the Lord.”
Then
Moses said to Aaron, “Say to the whole congregation of the Israelites, ‘Draw
near to the Lord, for he has heard your complaining.’” And as Aaron spoke to
the whole congregation of the Israelites, they looked toward the wilderness,
and the glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud. The Lord spoke to Moses and
said, “I have heard the complaining of the Israelites; say to them, ‘At
twilight you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall have your fill of
bread; then you shall know that I am the Lord your God.’”
What
are some things that were new or different for the Israelites in the desert?
What
are some things about our congregation’s current context and location that are
“new or different” or feel unfamiliar?
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