Psalm 72:10-14 May the kings of Tarshish and of the isles render him tribute, may the kings of Sheba and Seba bring gifts. May all kings fall down before him, all nations give him service. For he delivers the needy when they call, the poor and those who have no helper. He has pity on the weak and the needy, and saves the lives of the needy. From oppression and violence he redeems their life; and precious is their blood in his sight.
The King, the Lord Christ, calls for community that includes all; he calls us to help one another lest we fall. He calls for help when a person is poor and in need; forgive us Lord for we have so qualified “need” that your call we no longer willingly heed. Those who have no help the Christ would deliver; many less vocal types who need help hide in fear and shiver. Forgive us Lord for many times our community only includes the blonde, blue-eyed, and the slim; not the unlovely because it requires much to include them. God forgive us when we hold to our power of plenty while there is less and less help for the many. We fight over how to protect your “book” while at the world’s oppression and violence we refuse to look. Send the powerful hand of King Jesus to reorder our souls as we learn to share our gold. God, in our midst, create a community that includes all of us as in King Jesus we put our trust.
“When the saying on our coins is written in our hearts a new community will come to be.”
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