Prayer: Forgiving God, you sent your son as a suffering servant who died for our sins. Forgive us as we forgive others and help us to spread your love to others we meet. Hear our prayer. Amen.
Reading: Psalm 54 (Click to read text) Stop and GROW: After reading the text, discuss/ponder the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's Book of Faith questions, which are part of Camp Mount Luther's GROW Time with campers. QUESTION 1: What scares, confuses, challenges, or doesn’t make sense to me in this text? QUESTION 2: What delights me in this text or is my favorite part of the story? QUESTION 3: What stories or memories does this text stir in me? QUESTION 4: What is God up to in this text? Reflection: There’s a lot in this passage where the writer is asking for something. Save me, hear my prayer, help me, repay my enemies, and deliver me are all mentioned. It also says this is a maskil, which was a word I did not know. So, I looked it up. The dictionary says it is a person versed in Hebrew or Yiddish literature, especially a follower or adherent of the Haskalah movement. My translation also mentions that this is to be sung with stringed instruments. Vindication is also mentioned. That’s the action of clearing someone of blame or suspicion. So, our writer is asking God to clear him. Isn’t that what God does for us, through Jesus. Aren’t we cleared of the blame of sin? What should be our response? Well, just maybe, singing a song with stringed instruments! --Chad Hershberger
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