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.

June 26, 2010

Who Is This?

I. Readings
Psalms 56, 149, 118, 111
Numbers 20:14-29
Romans 6:1-11
Matthew 21:1-11

II. Selections
Psalm 56:9
Then my enemies will retreat
      in the day when I call.
      This I know, that God is for me.

Numbers 20:26b
“…But Aaron shall be gathered to his people, and shall die there.” [The LORD to Moses]

Romans 6:10-11
The death he died, he died to sin, once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God. So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.

Matthew 21:10
When [Jesus] entered Jerusalem, the whole city was in turmoil, asking, “Who is this?”

III. Meditation

Lord Jesus, when you entered Jerusalem,
the city asked in turmoil, “Who is this?”

In turmoil we may ask their question;
but this we know, that you are for us.

As for sins that bind us and oppress us,
all enemies retreat when we call to you.

Then help us die to sin and live in you,
even after we are gathered to our people.
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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