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.

Fulfill Your Purpose, Lord Jesus--Aug. 25, 2014


Abide with us, Lord Jesus,
and may we abide in you,

for as sparks fly upward,
we were born in trouble.

You fulfilled your purpose
for Saul; fulfill it for us.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 57; 145; 85; 47
Job 4:1, 5:1-11, 17-21, 26-27
Acts 9:19b-31
John 6:52-59

Selected Verses
Ps. 57:2
 I cry to God Most High,
          to God who fulfills his purpose for me. 

Job 5:7
"…but human beings are born to trouble just as sparks fly upward.  …"  [Eliphaz answering Job]

Acts 9:21
All who heard [Saul] were amazed and said, "Is not this the man who made havoc in Jerusalem among those who invoked this name?  And has he not come here for the purpose of bringing them bound before the chief priests?"

John 6:56
"…Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them. …"  [Jesus to the crowd following him]
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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