Psalm 20:7
Some put their trust in chariots and some in horses, but we will call upon the Name of the Lord our God.
Psalm 20:7 (The Book of Common Prayer, 1979: Psalter)
Our sacred text is living and dynamic. New understandings about God and about God’s people continue to emerge. These understandings continue to expand with each new experience—of individuals and communities—and new questions and understandings are born in the answering.
In our moment(s) of crisis “trust in chariots and horses” could be read as trust in wealth, material goods, political power, physical power, and strength, or in clever manipulation of law and order. The text asserts that in our ancestor’s moment of crisis they “will call upon the Name of the Lord our God.”
This text asks you and me—in our moment of need or crisis: in what (or in whom) do you trust? As we work out our individual answers and join others in a similar journey, I hope we can assert with the Psalmist that “WE will call upon the Name of the Lord our God”
About Wind in the Chimes
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Wind Chimes: September 25 2012 (an introduction)
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