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.

How to Listen to God--Aug. 27, 2020

 

How do we listen to you, O God,

that we may walk in your ways?

 

Do we learn how from our ancestors?

Or will you speak to us in a vision?

 

Perhaps it is best to learn from Jesus,

who testified he learned from you.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 143; 147:12-20; 81; 116

Job 8:1-10, 20-22

Acts 10:17-33

John 7:14-36

 

Selected Verses

Ps. 81:13

O that my people would listen to me,
          that Israel would walk in my ways!

 

Job 8:10

“…Will [your ancestors] not teach you and tell you and utter words out of their understanding?  …”  [Bildad to Job]

 

Acts 10:17

Now while Peter was greatly puzzled about what to make of the vision that he had seen, suddenly the men sent by Cornelius appeared. 

 

John 7:15

The Jews were astonished at it, saying, “How does this man [Jesus] have such learning, when he has never been taught?” 


Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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