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 Direct Our Own Steps--March 28, 2019


Teach us your way, Jesus, and lead us on a level path,
for as humans, our way is not in our control--
mortals cannot direct their own steps,
but your righteousness has led
to justification and life for all.
If we continue in your word, we will
know the truth, and the truth will set us free.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 27; 147:12-20; 126; 102
Jer. 10:11-24
Rom. 5:12-21
John 8:21-32

Selected Verses
Ps. 27:11
Teach me your way, O LORD,
          and lead me on a level path
          because of my enemies. 

Jer. 10:23
I know, O LORD, that the way of human beings is not in their control,
          that mortals as they walk cannot direct their steps. 

Rom. 5:18
Therefore just as one man’s trespass led to condemnation for all, so one man’s act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all.

John 8:31-32
Then Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, "If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples; and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free."

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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