Narrative Lectionary Key Verse for Today
“Therefore God also highly exalted him
and gave him the name
that is above every name,
so that at the name of Jesus
every knee should bend,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
and every tongue should confess
that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.”
NL Daily Devotion for Saturday, June 8, 2024
by R. M. Fergus, Clergy Stuff
Praising God is an exercise in humility. When we sing hymns to God, like this beautiful “Christ Hymn” from Philippians, we proclaim with our voices that God is God and we are God’s beloved creation. We recognize that only God has the power to run the universe, and we can simply concentrate on being the best we can be one day at a time. We celebrate God’s beauty and love and commitment to us, not from a place of groveling self-hatred, but from a place of being called to co-create with God, to be God’s presence in the world to one another. We can bend the knee in respect and love without losing any of our dignity. And we can sing God’s name with the confidence that we are keeping it holy when we exalt it for what it is.
What is my favorite hymn and why?
