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.

The Lamb Is Our Lamp--Jan. 6, 2020


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O God, you put your Spirit on Jesus,
and he proclaimed justice to all,
but especially for the needy
poor who have no helper.

You gave him as a light to the nations—
a lamp to show us the way as we follow him,
saving lives of the poor in a dark, uncaring world.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 72; 145; 100; 67
Isa. 49:1-7
Rev. 21:22-27
Matt. 12:14-21

Selected Verses
Ps. 72:12-13
For [God] delivers the needy when they call,
          the poor and those who have no helper.
He has pity on the weak and the needy,
          and saves the lives of the needy.

Isa. 49:6b
“…I will give you as a light to the nations,
          that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth."
[The LORD, to Israel via the prophet]

Rev. 21:23
And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God is its light, and its lamp is the Lamb. 

Matt. 12:18b
“…I will put my Spirit upon [my servant],
          and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles.  …”
[Quoted from Isaiah, as applying to Jesus]

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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