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.

Ask Humbly, but Boldly--May 9, 2019



How blessed is your name, Lord Jesus,
our salvation; you daily bear us up.
When we work long and achieve
nothing, remind us to humble
our hearts, and then to ask
according to your will--
to ask boldly, trusting
that you will hear us.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 47; 147:12-20; 68; 113
Dan. 5:13-30
1 John 5:13-21
Luke 5:1-11

Selected Verses
Ps. 68:19
Blessed be the Lord,
          who daily bears us up;
          God is our salvation. Selah 

Dan. 5:22-23a
"…And you, Belshazzar his son, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this!  You have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven!  [Daniel, to the king]

1 John 5:14
And this is the boldness we have in [the Son of God], that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.

Luke 5:5
Simon answered, "Master, we have worked all night long but have caught nothing.  Yet if you say so, I will let down the nets." 

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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