Here’s a
responsive call to worship inspired by Isaiah 40:1-11. It was written by Tim
Graves and posted on LiturgyBits.
Call to Worship
(inspired by Isaiah 40:1-11)
We’ve
been in exile.
We’ve allowed ourselves to be tempted
We’ve allowed ourselves to be tempted
by the
idols of things and power.
We’ve
found it isn’t what we thought.
Shopping
therapy and yearning for a soda pop
does nothing
to build up our world.
They are all fizz and sugar,
They are all fizz and sugar,
satiating
only temporarily.
We’re
left with the same emptiness.
We’re left without the spirit-words of God.
We’re left without the spirit-words of God.
We’re
alone in harshness and brokenness.
Acknowledging
our idolatry and mistakes,
we turn
back to the living water.
We turn
back to the love that flows forward
bringing
justice and hope to all of humanity.
The word that comes from God’s mouth
The word that comes from God’s mouth
does not
return empty.
God’s
word does as God intends.
Always.
Always.
Always.
Amen.
~
written by Tim Graves and posted on LiturgyBits:
Little bits for worship. https://liturgybits.wordpress.com/