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.

To Eat in Your Kingdom, God--Nov. 8, 2018


From east and west, from north and south,
people come to eat in your kingdom, God.
They come to pour out their hearts to you,
because they trust in you, their refuge.
They draw near to you, awake to listen
to your voice, accept your correction.
We pray to be part of their gathering.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 97; 147:12-20; 16; 62
Zeph. 3:1-7
Rev. 16:12-21
Luke 13:18-30

Selected Verses
Ps. 62:8
Trust in him at all times, O people;
          pour out your heart before him;
          God is a refuge for us. Selah

Zeph. 3:2
It has listened to no voice;
     it has accepted no correction.
It has not trusted in the LORD;
     it has not drawn near to its God.

Rev. 16:15
("See, I am coming like a thief!  Blessed is the one who stays awake and is clothed, not going about naked and exposed to shame.") 

Luke 13:29
"…Then people will come from east and west, from north and south, and will eat in the kingdom of God.  …"  [Jesus, on his way to Jerusalem]

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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