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.

Your Purpose Is Not Thwarted--Sept. 19, 2012



Most High God,
you can do all things;
your purpose is not thwarted.

You have set apart the faithful
to proclaim your way of salvation--
serve you, follow you, be with you.

Hear me, O God, when I call to you,
that I may hear when you call to me,
even if your call is follow and serve.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 15; 147:1-11; 48; 4
Job 42:1-17
Acts 16:16-24
John 12:20-26

 

Selected Verses

Ps. 4:3
But know that the LORD has set apart the faithful for himself;
          the LORD hears when I call to him.

Job 42:1-2
Then Job answered the LORD: "I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted.  …"

Acts 16:17
While [the slave girl with a spirit of divination] followed Paul and us, she would cry out, "These men are slaves of the Most High God, who proclaim to you a way of salvation."

John 12:26a
"…Whoever serves me must follow me, and where I am, there will my servant be also.  …"  [Jesus to Philip and Andrew]
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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