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.

You Yielded up Your Body--Apr. 18, 2015


Lord Jesus Christ,
for your name's sake you lead us;
in right paths you lead us,
in paths of love,
you lead
us.

To lead us,
when put to the test,
you yielded up your body
and laid down your life for us.
Help us yield up our bodies
and lay down our lives
for one another
in paths of
love.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 92; 149; 23; 114
Dan. 3:19-30
1 John 3:11-18
Luke 4:1-13

Selected Verses
Ps. 23:3b
[The LORD] leads me in right paths
          for his name’s sake. 

Dan. 3:28
Nebuchadnezzar said, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his angel and delivered his servants who trusted in him.  They disobeyed the king’s command and yielded up their bodies rather than serve and worship any god except their own God.

1 John 3:16
We know love by this, that he laid down his life for us--and we ought to lay down our lives for one another. 

Luke 4:12
Jesus answered [the devil], “It is said, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’” 
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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