Our readings from Sunday, February 8 speak of hope and comfort (Isaiah), God’s work on behalf of the outcast and downtrodden (Psalm 147) Jesus manifesting God’s kingdom through healings and exorcism, and of Paul striving to remove any unnecessary roadblocks to the Gospel. The readings below help us reflect on the readings from Sunday. 2 Kings 4 helps us see that Jesus stands firmly in the prophetic tradition of Israel. The readings from Acts 14 and 2 Kings 8 reveal to us that healings performed by those who stand in Israel’s prophetic tradition, whether prophets such as Elisha or apostles such as Paul, generate mixed responses. Isaiah urges us to wait on the Lord, but Job, who had the patience of, well, Job, was not always so patient. His voice helps us to see that God does not expect us to wait silently, but welcomes our sometimes fiery cries of anguish and longing.
How do the readings from 2 Kings 4, Acts 14 and Mark 3 help us understand Jesus’ healing ministry? How does Job help us voice our own cries, even as Isaiah reminds us to be patient? How do we balance the tension between the fullness of God’s presence in Jesus and our longing for God’s to fulfill in full God’s promises?
Monday, 2/9
2 Kings 4:8-17, 32-37
Acts 14:1-7
Tuesday 2/10
2 Kings 8:1-6
Acts 15:36-41
Wednesday 2/11
Job 6:1-13
Mark 3:7-12
Read this portion of Psalm 102 each of these three days.
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