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.

As You Were Obedient, Jesus--Sept. 22, 2018


You are our strength and our might,
Jesus, and you have become our salvation.
Lord, we search for you, grope to find you,
though you are not far from each one of us.
You were obedient to the Father, and you
spoke as the Father told you, and his
commandment was eternal life.
Make us obedient to you,
and we will find you.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 56; 149; 118; 111
Esth. 2:5-8, 15-23
Acts 17:16-34
John 12:44-50

Selected Verses
Ps. 118:14
 The LORD is my strength and my might;
          he has become my salvation.

Esth. 2:20
Now Esther had not revealed her kindred or her people, as Mordecai had charged her; for Esther obeyed Mordecai just as when she was brought up by him.

Acts 17:27
"…so that they would search for God and perhaps grope for him and find him--though indeed he is not far from each one of us.  …"  [Paul to the Athenians]

John 12:50
"…And I know that [my Father's] commandment is eternal life.  What I speak, therefore, I speak just as the Father has told me."  [Jesus, crying aloud]

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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