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.

You Humbled Yourself, Lord Jesus--March 3, 2014


 Jesus, if you humbled yourself, obedient to death,
death on a cross, then how can we be boastful?
We do not even know what a day may bring.
Whatever comes, keep us faithful to you.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 5; 145; 82; 29
Prov. 27:1-6; 10-12
Phil. 2:1-13
John 18:15-18, 25-27

Selected Verses

Ps. 5a
The boastful will not stand before your eyes…

Prov. 27:1
Do not boast about tomorrow,
            for you do not know what a day may bring.

Phil. 2:8
…[Christ Jesus] humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death--even death on a cross.

John 18:17
The woman said to Peter, "You are not also one of this man's disciples, are you?"  He said, "I am not."

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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