Monday of Lent 5, March 19, 2018 2 Kings 4:32-37
The Shunammite woman passionately seeks the Lord’s help for her son by seeking out Elisha. When you seek the Lord in prayer, pour out your heart to Him. Bow before Him and make your petitions known. The Lord has made His heart known for you in the life, death and resurrection of His only-begotten Son our Savior. 1
In the Gospel from John, Jesus also started with loaves of barley to feed the hungry. We also see that while Elisha fed one hundred, Jesus fed five thousand, and the text quantifies the amount left over as enough to fill twelve baskets. The reading from the epistle to the Ephesians proclaims that this God is one who is able to do more than we ask or imagine (Ephesians 3:20). The specific example from Kings is that God is able to provide food to people who are hungry and in need, according to God's word.
Hymn: In Peace and Joy I Now Depart (Lutheran Service Book 938:1)
In peace and joy I now depart
Since God so wills it.
Serene and confident my heart;
Stillness fits it.
For the Lord has promised me
That death is but a slumber.
Hear me, O Lord, when I cry to You. Answer me according to Your mercy. Amen
Be gracious to Your people, we entreat you, O Lord, that they, repenting day by day of the things that displease you, may be more and more filled with love of You and of Your commandments; and, being supported by your grace in this life, may come to the full enjoyment of eternal life in Your everlasting kingdom; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen 2
1. Lutheran Study Bible, © 2009 Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis
2. Collect for Monday of Lent 5, http://www.liturgies.net/Lent/LentenCollects.htm
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