Psalm 119:49-56

Remember the word to your servant, upon which you have caused me to hope. (Psalm 119:49)
      Holy Spirit, please help us in this diocese to be people of hope. Let your word fill us anew with hope.

This is my comfort in my affliction, for your word has given me life. (Psalm 119:50)
      Holy Comforter, comfort the afflicted; write your word on their hearts.

The proud have me in great derision, yet I do not turn aside from your law. (Psalm 119:51)
      Father, your word is true and righteous altogether. Don’t let us be turned aside by those who hold us or your word in contempt.

I remembered your judgments of old, O LORD, and have comforted myself. (Psalm 119:52)
      Father, please help us cleave to your ancient landmarks and stay within the boundaries you have set by your judgments.

Indignation has taken hold of me because of the wicked, who forsake your law. (Psalm 119:53)
      Jesus, my wrath only produces bitter fruit. Help me leave the wicked and their judgment in your hands.

Your statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. (Psalm 119:54)
      Jesus, thank you for the worship songs that lead us to you and for the hymns that stir our soul.

I remember your name in the night, O LORD, and I keep your law. (Psalm 119:55)
      Jesus, please help me remember your name at all times and in all places. There is no other name like yours.

This has become mine, because I kept your precepts. (Psalm 119:56)
      Jesus, please help me keep and do your will in all things. Thank you.

       A word received: I want you to be a people who come into my presence and worship me. I want to be at the center of your life. Let me come in and abide with you. Look to me; turn to me. I AM able to do what you cannot. Pray for my people to worship me and find their rest in me.

Wednesday: 119:49-72; Deuteronomy 13:1-11; 2 Corinthians 7:2-16; Luke 17:20-37
Thursday: 50; Deuteronomy 16:18-20, 17:14-20; 2 Corinthians 8:1-16; Luke 18:1-8

Albany Intercessor

A place to stand

What a broad shadow our God casts–so many places to abide.

He has set the Anglican Communion Institute, with their nimble minds, on a high place–a mountain peak with a commanding view of history and theology. They are like sentries warning of dangers that go undetected in day-to-day living. Theirs is a place to stand that is both ecclesiastical and institutional, based within the Episcopal Church.

He placed GAFCON in Jerusalem, a plateau that has been home to God’s shekinah glory and the Word Incarnate, to holy flames of fire and holy words of wisdom, the resurrection place of His Son and the birthplace of His Church. Theirs is a place to stand that is both ecclesiastical and institutional, based within the Anglican Communion.

The American Anglican Council are like mountain guides, opening trails day-to-day in a constantly changing landscape. Institutional, but not ecclesiastical, they never stand still but always stand fast.

He has placed the feet of Anglican bloggers and commenters in a large place, a broad plain. They are no institution. There is no cyberspace constitution and canons. There are no boundaries, save what plebians can glean from Scripture, and that imperfectly. Yet, He is gracious, for His shadow extends there, too.

How many more abiding places has He provided under the shadow of His wing? They are all His for they trust in His truth. They have made Him their refuge, their habitation. He has given His angels charge over them to keep them in all their ways. He will deliver them. He will answer them in trouble. He will honor and satisfy them. They shall see His salvation.
They dwell in the shadow of the Almighty, and they are one in Christ.

Thank You, Lord, for placing us at this intersection of time and space, of institutions and ideas. Thank You for this high call. Help us, we pray. Amen.