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.

Exalted One--Oct. 17, 2010


I. Readings
Psalms 67, 150, 46, 93
Micah 1:1-9
1 Corinthians 10:1-13
Matthew 16:13-20

II. Selections
Psalm 46:10
“Be still and know that I am God!
      I am exalted among the nations,
      I am exalted in the earth.”

Micah 1:3
For lo, the LORD is coming out of his place,
      and will come down and tread upon the high places of the earth.

1 Corinthians 10:13a
No testing has overtaken you that is not common to everyone.

Matthew 16:18
And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.

III. Meditation

You are exalted among the nations,
exalted in the earth;
make us still before you,
filled with awe by your presence.

You have sent your Son to tread
with us upon the earth,
in its high places,
in its low places.

We have been tested,
but our testing is nothing
compared to the testing
he endured.
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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