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.

God, Our Gold and Precious Silver--Sept. 8, 2012



Almighty God, you are our gold and precious silver;
we lift up our face to you, delight in you.

In the shadow of your wings we sing for joy;
you have been our help.

What you promised long before his coming
you fulfilled in Jesus.

He came that we may have life,
and have it abundantly.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 63; 149; 125; 90
Job 22:1-4, 22:21-23:7
Acts 13:26-43
John 10:1-18

Selected Verses

Ps. 63:7
…for you have been my help,
      and in the shadow of your wings I sing for joy.

Job 22:24-26

…if you treat gold like dust, and gold of Ophir like the stones of the torrent-bed, and if the Almighty is your gold and your precious silver, then you will delight yourself in the Almighty, and lift up your face to God. …" [Eliphaz to Job]

Acts 13:32-33a
"…And we bring you the good news that what God promised to our ancestors he has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising Jesus…" [Paul preaching in the synagogue in Antioch]

John 10:10b
"…I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly. …" [Jesus to the Pharisees]

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