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.

What Am I Doing Here, Jesus?--Jan. 3, 2018


What am I doing here, Jesus?
I've been looking for you.
I have heard about you
and was taught in you;
I know truth is in you.
You walked blamelessly,
and you did what was right,
and you spoke truth from the heart.
Help me put you in my heart, I pray you.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 111; 147:1-11; 107; 15
1 Kings 19:9-18
Eph. 4:17-32
John 6:15-27

Selected Verses
Ps. 15:2
Those who walk blamelessly, and do what is right,
          and speak the truth from their heart…

1 Kings 19:13
When Elijah heard [the sound of sheer silence], he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave. Then there came a voice to him that said, "What are you doing here, Elijah?" 

Eph. 4:21
For surely you have heard about him and were taught in him, as truth is in Jesus. 

John 6:24
So when the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they themselves got into the boats and went to Capernaum looking for Jesus.

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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