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 Know the Way to Wisdom, God--Sept. 20, 2018



God, you understand the way to wisdom,
for with you is the fountain of life;
in your light, we see light.
You gave us Jesus
to be our light;
we walk with him,
lest the darkness overtake us.
May we support and encourage
our sisters and brothers
on the journey and
upon parting.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 36; 147:12-20; 80; 27
Job 28:1-28
Acts 16:25-40
John 12:27-36a

Selected Verses
Ps. 36:9
For with you [O God] is the fountain of life;
          in your light we see light.

Job 28:23-24
"God understands the way to [wisdom], and he knows its place.  For he looks to the ends of the earth, and sees everything under the heavens.  …"

Acts 16:40
After leaving the prison [Paul and Silas] went to Lydia's home; and when they had seen and encouraged the brothers and sisters there, they departed.

John 12:35
Jesus said to [the crowd], "The light is with you for a little longer.  Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you.  If you walk in the darkness, you do not know where you are going.  …"

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

1 comment:

  1. Mea SententiaSeptember 20, 2018 at 9:15 PM

    I like how the lectionary ends our reading of Job, not with 42's happy ending, but with the wisdom poem in 28. It seems a more fitting way to end. 28 sums up Job: God is hidden and inaccessible, but we can still live with reverence and love.

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