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.

Whom to Follow?--Sept. 18, 2013


 Shall we be like Jehoshaphat and follow to war;
or shall we be like Peter and Andrew, who
followed Jesus and became his disciples?

God, be our guide forever and fill us
with your Spirit, that we may
know whom to follow.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 15; 147:1-11; 48; 4
1 Kings 22:1-28
1 Cor. 2:1-13
Matt. 4:18-25

Selected Verses

Ps. 48:14c
            [God] will be our guide forever.

1 Kings 22:4
[Ahab] said to Jehoshaphat, "Will you go with me to battle at Ramoth-gilead?"  Jehoshaphat replied to the king of Israel, "I am as you are; my people are your people, my horses are your horses."

1 Cor. 2:12
Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit that is from God, so that we may understand the gifts bestowed on us by God.

Matt. 4:19-20
And [Jesus] said to [Peter and Andrew], "Follow me, and I will make you fish for people."  Immediately they left their nets and followed him.

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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