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.

Be Still and Know--Oct. 18, 2020


Exalted Holy One, 

when I am sure of myself, 

so sure I forget that I need you,

just then is when I am sure to fall.

 

We do not derive wisdom only 

from our human learning;

it comes when we are

still before you,

listening.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 67; 150; 46; 93

Micah 1:1-9

1 Cor. 10:1-13

Matt. 16:13-20

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 46:10

“Be still, and know that I am God!
          I am exalted among the nations,
          I am exalted in the earth.”

 

Micah 1:2a

Hear, you peoples, all of you;
     listen, O earth, and all that is in it…

 

1 Cor. 10:12

So if you think you are standing, watch out that you do not fall.

 

Matt. 16:13-20

And Jesus answered [Peter], “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah!  For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father in heaven.  …” 


Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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