GPS for the week of November 16th, 2025
“To Guide Our Feet into the Way of Peace”
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We must be ready to bring peace to those in need even if we find
it difficult to imagine peace in our own lives. “We are called to
enter into one another’s pain, anoint it as holy, and stick around
no matter the outcome (Rachel Held Evans).” Peace is active and
loving and patient and our Lord Jesus promises to be with us.
Thanks be to God.
Dear Lord, thank you for being our good shepherd, for
rejoicing when we care for others as you have cared for us.
Give us your peace. Amen.
Monday 11.17 “They shall not fear any longer, or be
dismayed.”
Jeremiah 23:1-6
“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my
pasture! says the Lord. Therefore thus says the Lord, the God of
Israel, concerning the shepherds who shepherd my people: It is
you who have scattered my flock, and have driven them away,
and you have not attended to them. So I will attend to you for
your evil doings, says the Lord. Then I myself will gather the
remnant of my flock out of all the lands where I have driven them,
and I will bring them back to their fold, and they shall be fruitful
and multiply. I will raise up shepherds over them who will
shepherd them, and they shall not fear any longer, or be
dismayed, nor shall any be missing, says the Lord. The days are
surely coming, says the Lord, when I will raise up for David a
righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and
shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. In his days
Judah will be saved and Israel will live in safety. And this is the
name by which he will be called: ‘The Lord is our righteousness.’”
The threating darkness of this world will not overcome us. We are
invited to live generously with our Lord Jesus.
Tuesday 11.18 “He has raised up a mighty savior for us.”
Luke 1:68-79
“‘Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has looked favorably on
his people and redeemed them. He has raised up a mighty savior
for us in the house of his servant David, as he spoke through the
mouth of his holy prophets from of old, that we would be saved
from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us. Thus he
has shown the mercy promised to our ancestors, and has
remembered his holy covenant, the oath that he swore to our
ancestor Abraham, to grant us that we, being rescued from the
hands of our enemies, might serve him without fear, in holiness
and righteousness before him all our days.’” Our mighty savior is
Jesus, the humble and generous man who faithfully walked
among us.
Wednesday 11.19 “The dawn from on high will break upon us.”
Luke 1:68-79
“‘And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; for
you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways, to give knowledge
of salvation to his people by the forgiveness of their sins. By the
tender mercy of our God, the dawn from on high will break upon
us, to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of
death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.’” These are the
words of Zechariah, father of John the Baptist. We rejoice with
him, knowing that our sins are forgiven and the light of our Lord
Jesus has brought us out of darkness.
Thursday 11.20 “Be prepared to endure everything with
patience.”
Colossians 1:11-20
“May you be made strong with all the strength that comes from his
glorious power, and may you be prepared to endure everything
with patience, while joyfully giving thanks to the Father, who has
enabled you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light.
He has rescued us from the power of darkness and transferred us
into the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have
redemption, the forgiveness of sins. He is the image of the
invisible God, the firstborn of all creation; for in him all things in
heaven and on earth were created, things visible and invisible,
whether thrones or dominions or rulers or powers—all things have
been created through him and for him. He himself is before all
things, and in him all things hold together. He is the head of the
body, the church; he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead,
so that he might come to have first place in everything. For in him
all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him God
was pleased to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or
in heaven, by making peace through the blood of his cross.” We
will be made strong as we endure with our Lord Jesus. Thanks be
to God!
Friday 11.21 “’Father, forgive them.’”
Luke 23:33-43
“When they came to the place that is called The Skull, they
crucified Jesus there with the criminals, one on his right and one
on his left. Then Jesus said, ‘Father, forgive them; for they do not
know what they are doing.’ And they cast lots to divide his
clothing. And the people stood by, watching; but the leaders
scoffed at him, saying, ‘He saved others; let him save himself if he
is the Messiah of God, his chosen one!’ The soldiers also mocked
him, coming up and offering him sour wine, and saying, ‘If you are
the King of the Jews, save yourself!’ There was also an
inscription over him, ‘This is the King of the Jews.’” Jesus
endured the agony of crucifixion and the mocking insults of those
who held physical power over him.
Saturday 11.22 “’Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in
Paradise.’”
Luke 23:33-43
“One of the criminals who were hanged there kept deriding him
and saying, ‘Are you not the Messiah? Save yourself and us!’ But
the other rebuked him, saying, ‘Do you not fear God, since you
are under the same sentence of condemnation? And we indeed
have been condemned justly, for we are getting what we deserve
for our deeds, but this man has done nothing wrong.’ Then he
said, ‘Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.’
He replied, ‘Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise’”
We must learn from this criminal’s humble faith in the power of our
Lord Jesus.