Preparation for Sunday Service
For Sunday the 9th of August, 2026 (Proper 14)
As we gather for worship today each reading from Scripture, in its own way, makes clear just how incapable we human beings are when it comes to divine things. Job had asked the question, “Why?” God said, “Let me ask you a few questions first.” His questions remind us we are definitely not on a par with God. St. Paul makes it clear that we can call on God only because he has made himself known to us. Apart from that we could not even begin to approach him. And then there are the disciples and Peter, tossed about by a storm for hours; terrified. When Jesus identifies himself they take comfort, but before long Peter is revealed to be completely out of his depth. That’s the way life is. We are subject to storms, we are in over our heads. But Jesus calls to us, “Take heart; it is I. Do not be afraid”(Matthew 14:27). He reaches out His hand to support and protect us through the storms, to save us.
