I am an emeritus professor from Cornell University and was a Commissioned Lay Preacher in the Presbyterian Church (USA). For many years I have followed the Daily Lectionary as printed in the Mission Yearbook of my church. For each day of a two-year cycle, the lectionary lists four psalms and three other scriptural passages--usually one from the Old Testament and two from the New Testament. My practice is to copy down a verse or two from one of the psalms and from each of the other three passages. After I have written out all four selections, I reflect upon them, rearrange their order, and incorporate them into a meditation. Sometimes I retain much of the original wording; sometimes all that remains of a selection is an idea that was stimulated when I read the original words. All selections are from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible. For the Daily Lectionary, see the link below.

Awesome God, Revealer of Mysteries--Apr. 16, 2015


Holy God, truly you are God of gods,
Lord of kings--awesome God,
a revealer of mysteries.

You give power and strength
to your people, and reveal to them
things hidden from royalty and kings.

I do not ask for the answer to mysteries
or secrets, or for special knowledge;
 only give me strength to do
your will.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 47; 147:12-20; 68; 113
Dan. 2:31-49
1 John 2:18-29
Luke 3:1-14

Selected Verses
Ps. 68:35
Awesome is God in his sanctuary,
          the God of Israel;
          he gives power and strength to his people.
Blessed be God!

Dan. 2:47
The king said to Daniel, “Truly, your God is God of gods and Lord of kings and a revealer of mysteries, for you have been able to reveal this mystery!” 

1 John 2:20
But you have been anointed by the Holy One, and all of you have knowledge. 

Luke 3:1-2
In the fifteenth year of the reign of Emperor Tiberius, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was ruler of Galilee, and his brother Philip ruler of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias ruler of Abilene, during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness. 
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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