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 Steadfast Love, Our Comfort--March 4, 2013

 
 Lord Jesus, teach us to seek
your glory, not our own.

Deceptive words are to no avail,
forbid we should trust in them;

we will trust in you, for you justify the ungodly;
let your steadfast love become our comfort.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 119:73-80; 145; 121; 6
Jer. 7:1-15
Rom. 4:1-12
John 7:14-36

Selected Verses

Ps. 119:76
Let your steadfast love become my comfort
           according to your promise to your servant.

Jer. 7:8
Here you are, trusting in deceptive words to no avail.

Rom. 4:5
But to one who without works trusts him who justifies the ungodly, such faith is reckoned as righteousness.

John 7:18
"…Those who speak on their own seek their own glory; but the one who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and there is nothing false in him.  …" [Jesus to his critics]

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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