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.

In Christ Jesus, Reason to Boast--July 27, 2012



With the Gibeonites, Joshua did as he pleased;
just as the authorities did as they pleased with Jesus.

Surely their hand was heavy upon Jesus, O God;
yet through this same Jesus, Paul found reason to boast.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 130; 148; 32; 139
Josh. 9:22-10:15
Rom. 15:14-24
Matt. 27:1-10

Selected Verses
Ps. 32:4a
For day and night your hand was heavy upon me…

Josh. 9:25
"…And now we are in your hand: do as it seems good and right in your sight to do to us." [The Gibeonites to Joshua]

Rom. 15:17
In Christ Jesus, then, I have reason to boast of my work for God.

Matt. 27:1-2
When morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people conferred together against Jesus in order to bring about his death. They bound him, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate the governor.
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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